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It’s the using “my kid has a natural talent. I can’t help but make him do math beyond his year and enter him in contest math”
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Natural talent isn't what makes kids the star in anything, though.  The kids who are stars on the travel soccer team have some degree of natural talent, but also have been coached and have worked their tails off from a very young age.  They aren't natural phenoms who don't otherwise practice much.  The same is true for music.  Kids who excel in music have some degree of natural talent, but they've also been taking private lessons since age 4 and play for over an hour every day.

Some kids really enjoy math.  There's nothing wrong with having them practice math, do math enrichment, or enter contests if the kid loves math and wants to do it.  Most AAP centers have math teams that participate in math competitions.  I'm sure some kids are signed up by their parents and are indifferent to math, but most of the kids enjoy math and want to be there.  OP's kid might have a natural talent in math.  The kid might merely be a bright kid who likes math.  Who cares, as long as it's the kid who is interested in the math and not the OP interested in forcing the kid to do math. [/quote]

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