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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could sit an 18 month old on a bicycle and hold them and push it along. And you could do that every day and eventually around age 5 or 6ish, most of them would probably figure it out.

Every once in a while though some 18 month old is going to grab the handlebars their first time on and pedal down the street.

Some kids are indeed ready for and enjoy higher level mathematical thinking earlier than others. You cannot push it or force it. But when it happens, there’s no reason to hold the kid back if they want to explore math opportunities.

No amount of pushing on the part of the parents can make it so (no amount of holding the 18 month old on the bike will get them to ride it before they are ready).  I think you can accelerate most kids 2-3 years but not much beyond that —- unless you have one of those unique gifted kids. [/quote]

Wtf?

If a parent is putting an 18mo on a bicycle everyday the parents are clearly overly invested in bicycling and when that kid rides her bike earlier than peers it’s not because she’s gifted at cycling but because her parents pushed her (literally) everyday.

Same for maths. [/quote]

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