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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hahahahaha!!  I'm laughing AT YOU because my brother has genius level IQ, was studied when he was in highschool because he score off the charts..  Never graduated highschool and works as a doorman.  I was the one with the 'average IQ' who went on to get a Masters.  Your little genius may just turn out to be average, and that's okay.

And, you don't have a genius on your hands.  BTW[/quote]

You might want to consider whether your brother was given what he needed when he was in school.  It is not uncommon to hear of gifted youngsters losing interest and tuning out of life because they are not in an environment that 1) allows them to feed their curiousity and 2) that teaches them how to get through challenging situations/problems (because many of these kids are just not faced with anything challenging at young ages and they don't learn thosee skills.

It is also not uncommon to hear of families with 2 kids - where one has early success b/c they are brighter, the other has success because they "work hard" and it turns out that the one who learned to "work hard" is eventually more ambitious and successful.  The tricky part for these parents is to somehow find the environment and stimulation for the bright child to have to face challenges that inspire them to work hard.  If everything comes easy and you have nothing to strive for - it is easy to become complacent.

I 100% agree that you should not focus on "giftedness" with the child themselves, but that doesn't mean there is no need for a parent to find the right environment for that child to learn not only academic and social skills - but learn how to face the mental and social challenges that everyone will face in life.

I may be wrong here - but the saddest part of this post is that it seems like you look down on him. [/quote]

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