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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid who showed slightly less abrasive/more socially aware inclinations like this ended up in AAP, and it was a good thing for her. She probably IS finishing her work before anyone else and is bored…being in a smaller group of more academic peers where she’s actually challenged may be what she ultimately needs

At this point, however, you should talk to her about social cues and humility and practice some fake conversations [/quote]

I was always first finished.  That did not equal me being the most intelligent kid in the class.   The perfectionists would take their time and probably the best students took their time. 
There is no correlation between finishing first and being the most intelligent.

Same with reading.   My tiny little three year old niece picked up reading all at once.  She could read anything. We would ask her to read the New York Times because it looked so funny.  It’s unusual but not unheard of.  By high school it didn’t matter that she’d been reading fluently since three years old.  Everyone read in high school.

I do think it can be the parents who are telling anyone who will listen how their child is the smartest one, etc etc.   The kid hears it and it’s her reality.  [/quote]

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