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[quote=Anonymous]I keep reading in DCUM comments that are like this one: "there's so much research that suggests there are little or no real benefits from pushing academics too early." That may be true but it seems that a lot of people infer from this that if a child is reading at the 3-6th grade level in K or can read Frog and Toad by age 4 that it's the parents that are pushing them and that any child can have these skills if their parents pushed them.

I just want to point out that there is also a lot of research that shows that if your child can read by age 3-4 or reading several levels above grade level in K that she/he is is probably very smart/gifted. That isn't to say that if your child cannot read at this level at these ages she/he is not gifted as there are plenty of children who could be taught to read if pushed but are not. But NOT every child can be taught to read at an early age.

So the "pushing parents" may play a role but PP is wrong to state that that this is *the* "reason these children are so smart so young." The truth is children like OP's child ARE smart and in my opinion very lucky to have such involved parents.
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