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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the things she does seem overhyped gimmicks, like the mealworms food and “mealworm bank” lol. In all seriousness, you can get mealworms at any Petco, it seems to be more of an exercise in publicity.

When you hear her speaking about wanting to be an astrophysicist she doesn’t seem to have the maturity of an high schooler, a good understanding of astrophysics or even what NASA does.

The story gives the impression of a parent manufactured genius child. The disapproval in the thread stems from the belief that some of these chooses should be made by the child at the appropriate time, otherwise there’s the risk this will take a toll on the child later on.

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Agreed.  I am following what is happening with the children of the brightest boy in my senior class in h.s. That boy was bright, brighter than me by 10 IQ points (funny how I learned that) but he tried to cheat off me instead of doing his own work.  From afar, I know what his job is and also read of the successes of his children.  Their successes have been in the fields of their parents' PhDs.  And I see no evidence that their widely-publicized eco-friendly middle-school patent has become a commercialized product.  Now the son has dropped out of a HYPSM with funding to create an internet business anew that already exists as a commercial product.  It's literally not a new idea.  It's quite hard to believe there is credible child-directed young genius here, except of the sort of Trumpian type.

I'm also observing a similar situation in my hometown where a businesswoman mother is training her daughter to be an entrepreneur.  Lots more hype than actual business.  Sounds wonderful on paper.  The kid is hyperextended but can keep up for now since our district is easy.[/quote]

TJ is now easy?[/quote]

PP.  I'm not from DMV.  Making observations about other places and prodigies.[/quote]

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