Anonymous wrote:

I wonder what the criteria would be. I recall some milestone wonderkids who's parents bragged incessantly about them and now they are pretty average if that. While I think there may be some signs of giftedness early, why not just let them play and set their own pace. If a kid is meant to read early or work with numbers early it will unfold naturally. If a kid is meant to be a talented musician, if you have the instruments they will gravitate toward them. The future high EQers will be busy schmoozing with the class. The future athletes are already working wonders with the balls you let them play with at the park.

Scrap. Tell that to the hungry kids around the world: if they are talented, reading, athleticism and musical talent will gravitate to them. What planet are you on? What is the physical mechanism of this gravitation if at least 2 forces are required (one of them -- parental mentorship)? Did golf clubs gravitate to the hands of Tiger Woods at the age of 3 (on the Merv Griffen Show) by the magic of teletransportation? Why did he pick a golf club rather than a baseball bat? If his Dad had loved baseball instead I'm sure Tiger would be a professional baseball player today.
This is common sense. No need to invoke any mysterious gravitational forces to explain alot of success of children.

I wonder what the criteria would be. I recall some milestone wonderkids who's parents bragged incessantly about them and now they are pretty average if that. While I think there may be some signs of giftedness early, why not just let them play and set their own pace. If a kid is meant to read early or work with numbers early it will unfold naturally. If a kid is meant to be a talented musician, if you have the instruments they will gravitate toward them. The future high EQers will be busy schmoozing with the class. The future athletes are already working wonders with the balls you let them play with at the park.

Tiger Mom's everywhere... please start your prepping...

NOW... there is precious little time to waste!

Check this out...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/mary...12/02/24/gIQAHdSPcR_story.html

Kids may be identified as gifted from 3 years old!!!
Woo hoo!

Would that mean prep classes at 2 yrs old?

I suppose at this age, you couldn't accuse kids of memorizing the test answers, could you?
If they did memorize them, maybe they really are the geniuses they are looking for.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't there anything else you could do with your time other than complain about Others peoples children

I don't think that was a complaint about other people's children. That was a complaint about insane parents.

Anonymous wrote:Tiger Mom's everywhere... please start your prepping...

NOW... there is precious little time to waste!

Check this out...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-considers-new-rules-for-gifted-and-talented-student-programs/2012/02/24/gIQAHdSPcR_story.html

Kids may be identified as gifted from 3 years old!!!
Woo hoo!

Would that mean prep classes at 2 yrs old?

I suppose at this age, you couldn't accuse kids of memorizing the test answers, could you?
If they did memorize them, maybe they really are the geniuses they are looking for.

Anonymous wrote:OP - have you ever seen a 2-year-old memorize a bunch of board books? I bet you could get a 2-year-old to memorize the answers to a test.

Did you see the movie Parenthood? Rick Moranis's character was doing flash cards with his bright 3-year-old so that she could get into a good college someday.

Anonymous wrote:no i disagree. i the article doesn't talk about prepping, it talks about idenitifying gifted children. The OP obviously has a problem with gifted children. I guess OP's children aren't gifted so OP doesn't see the need for identification.

Anonymous wrote:Isn't there anything else you could do with your time other than complain about Others peoples children