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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Who said anything about a race?  I just want my child to be challenged at school. I don't care if she's ahead of your Karla or not.

It sounds like you are in horse race constantly comparing you DD and her number if awards with other children.

Also, as to our four year old friend, can you accept the idea that not four year olds are the same and some might be gifted?  [/quote]

Of course four-year-olds can be gifted. But there is still a lot of Harry Potter that a four-year-old will miss, simply because a four-year-old is four. What is even the most gifted four-year-old going to make of this paragraph, for example?

[i]"It doesn't mean defeating death in the way the Death Eaters mean it, Harry," said Hermione, her voice gentle. "It means... you know... living beyond death. Living after death."

But they were not living, Harry thought: they were gone. The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents' mouldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing. And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot and then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off, or pretending? He let them fall, his lips pressed hard together, looking down at the thick snow hiding from his eyes the place where the last of Lily and James lay, bones now, surely, or dust, not knowing or caring that their living son stood so near, his heart still beating, alive because of their sacrifice and close to wishing, at this moment, that he was sleeping under the snow with them.[/i][/quote]

No offense, but one of my two kids would have had no problem with that at 4.   The other one wouldn't get most of it.  But one of them totally would.  She wouldn't know "mouldering", but other than that, yeah, fine.  She's an odd kid (wonderfully), but all the "life after death / nothing after death" stuff was a big issue for her at 4 and the rest of it would have been no problem.[/quote]

No offense taken.  Because.   It.simply.is.not.true.  "...the place where the last of Lily and James lay, bones now, surely, or dust, not knowing or caring that their living son stood so near, his heart still beating, alive because of their sacrifice and close to wishing, at this moment, that he was sleeping under the snow with them."

Your four year old understands the decaying of human remains, what happens to souls, having a suicide/death wish?  Ah - makes total sense now.[/quote]

I have no reason to lie about this.  IT's true.  She totally "got" all of that at 4.  Not even "almost 5", but really just 4.  I'm not OP and have nothing to prove.  I don't care whether you believe me or not, but it's true.  My kid is an outlier, for sure.  But I'm sure she's not the only one.  To be fair, if you knew us (her parents) it would probably surprise you less.[/quote]

Also, what's with accusing people of lying just because their experience is outside of the norm?  Are you the same PP who accused the mom with the kid who skipped a grade of lying?  That's so weird.  YOu do know that just because something is *unlikely* doesn't mean it's impossible, right?[/quote]

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