When we moved this summer, I told her that we were going to be careful not to overschedule so that we could enjoy our time in our new city, with all the opportunities the city afforded us.Īnd then it seemed we were constantly not getting to anything on our list.

The Kid likes having a lot of things to do, and she is interested in nearly everything I can think of.

It is reasonable to assume that a parent, especially a parent who is with their child around the clock, has a pretty good idea of when something is out of the norm. It is reasonable to assume that when a parent gives strong evidence of giftedness, that they did not just give a comprehensive list of every sign they've seen, but a smattering of evidence. I do understand that children develop at different rates, but there is a general flow to the development and when a kid is far outside that flow it is reasonable for a parent to accept that their child is gifted. Instead of answering the question, people came out of the woodwork to tell her she couldn't possibly know her kid was gifted this young, that the handful of skills she listed would probably just even out over time, everyone thinks their kid is gifted, et cetera, et cetera.

A parent asked a question about future educational concerns because she wondered if her (toddler aged) kid being gifted/advanced would change something.

I ran across this argument yet again in the last day, and it drives me up the wall.

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