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[quote=Anonymous][quote]One of my kids is on the track team. All the kids on the team do the same workouts every day. They all work hard and train hard. They all improve over time when they work hard. But when you go to the meets, some kids always run faster than other kids. One of my kids is on the track team. All the kids on the team do the same workouts every day. They all work hard and train hard. They all improve over time when they work hard. But when you go to the meets, some kids always run faster than other kids. [b]Sometimes a kid joins the team that has never been a runner before and blows them all away at the meets. [/b]I have a relative who was just born physically strong- she was climbing things and running faster than all the other kids as a toddler. She has always had an advantage when it comes to running because she was born with the physical facility to be good at it. Her ability was simply there- her parents did not put her into running training as a two year old. 
We've all known people who learn things more quickly than others, who can instantly grasp a new concept, who are full of creative ideas. It's just like being born with an extremely strong body: they were born with extremely strong minds. [quote]

I know.  In my child's middle school he tells me the kids who have never run cross country  before or track that win their running matches were year round swimmers or soccer players each year.  Guess what?  If I didn't know the background of these children I would have believed they were all "gifted" and given up on my wn child's potential who neither swims nor plays club soccer year round!  The devil is always in the details.

Some comparatively slow 8 year-olds now may become the swiftest and most gifted runners at 20.  Who really is "gifted" ... the 8-year-old slow poke now the fasted runner in the land or the fastest 8-year-old that is merely average at 20?  Conversely, many "speedy gonzales" kids at 8 may be no where on the scene at 20 or even only average runners.  Don't give up on your child's potential so early in life (on the track or in the classroom) children develop and mature at different rates (brains and muscle).  That bully and big 8 year-old may be looking up the the small tike during late adolescence when the testosterone, growth, strength and genital and facial hair kicks in.  Have you heard of the concept of earlier versus late bloomer?

To laud over "giftedness" and "gifts" in children is really foolhardy if you can't define it, quantify or measure it in a 5 or 6 year old .... no matter how much faster the other child is compared to your 5-year-old?

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