Anonymous wrote:I could read and write at 3. Ended up doing great in school, got a phd from top university, speak four languages, could probably do whatever I wanted professionally, baring physics and math because that would have required a different academic path. What does all that get me? A happy but average D.C. existence. I get to wipe butts, get up many times a night, deal with difficult coworkers and worry about aging parents as well as what's for dinner. Not very different from my best friend from middle school who was labeled slow, failed two grades (due to discrimination on the basis of her ethnicity, which I witnessed) but who is now a happily married kindergarten teacher with two kids, etc.

What I'm trying to say is that marginally higher intelligence will get you some advantages but it actually doesn't matter that much in the long run.

Make your charge feel safe and loved and follow her lead in terms of learning. That's the same advice as what would apply for most other kids.

Anonymous wrote:She sounds lovely, OP. And you sound like a caring nanny.

I think it's way to early to make determinations on whether a child is gifted at the age of 17mos. Children evolve a lot over time, and so much mental and physical development is happening it's also hard to know which milestones coming early are indicative of what. To me, gifted is mostly useful when the kid enters school and you're thinking about differentiated instruction.

In the meantime, just keep doing what you're doing and exposing her to books, music, art, and continue to foster her physical development through outdoor play and physical activity.

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Anonymous wrote:Reading at age two is iq 140. Full sentences at age 12 mons. I see a truck it brings the mail. For example. People never believe that.

My IQ is a little over 150 and I did not hit those milestones as a toddler.

Anonymous wrote:Eh, most geniuses I've read about were delayed in talking. Think Einstein, Feynman, etc. Good communication is indicative of a bright child, but I think real, true, genius is rare and probably manifests in almost autistic concentration and curiosity at toddler ages.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course you are the parent. If you were really a former daycare teacher, you would know that this is not really anything completely off the charts. Lots of very verbal kids do this by 17/ 18 months, as do kids who grow up to love to read and write. But not exactly a sign of "genius."

I'm sure she's very cute, too, mom.

Whatever. Believe as you wish but I will correct you on what daycare teachers know. I have never encountered a child this verbal and communicative in my years teaching daycare and as a daycare teacher, I was one of the very few who actually had a college degree. Most had the taken the 12 credits on line needed for most franchised daycare centers in my state.

Then why did you pretend to ask if the other kids were just slow? Obviously you know the answer right?

I don't get the point of this post.

Anonymous wrote:My friend's kid who was like this at that age is now in elementary school and very socially awkward.

The same friend also has a kid who had 30 words at 2 years old, and he is the most empathetic, kind kiddo. He's so loving and so much fun to be around.

I'm not saying it's necessarily one or the other.

But seriously, I would love to see some brag posts from people about how thoughtful & kind their kids are.

We're so fixated on being smart (and sometimes athletic) as if that matters at all to how happy you'll be in the future.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was super verbal early. Eventually the curve caught up. She's just normal now. fwiw

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Anonymous wrote:Of course you are the parent. If you were really a former daycare teacher, you would know that this is not really anything completely off the charts. Lots of very verbal kids do this by 17/ 18 months, as do kids who grow up to love to read and write. But not exactly a sign of "genius."

I'm sure she's very cute, too, mom.

Whatever. Believe as you wish but I will correct you on what daycare teachers know. I have never encountered a child this verbal and communicative in my years teaching daycare and as a daycare teacher, I was one of the very few who actually had a college degree. Most had the taken the 12 credits on line needed for most franchised daycare centers in my state.

Anonymous wrote:Of course you are the parent. If you were really a former daycare teacher, you would know that this is not really anything completely off the charts. Lots of very verbal kids do this by 17/ 18 months, as do kids who grow up to love to read and write. But not exactly a sign of "genius."

I'm sure she's very cute, too, mom.