a genious child

[loopy lou]

hi all
this caught my attention in the news this morning a 2yr old girl who is now a member of mensa she is in the top 2% of kids iq levels. now i think it is great but wud i want it for 1 of my kids well my answer is no. why not well simple reli i feel that there is going to b 2 much pressure on the little girl now to achieve and do well . she is only 2 and in my opinion a toddler of he age should b playing getting mucky doing kiddy things etc now i wud encourage her but at the same time she needs to b a kid not so grown up.

just thot i wud c wot other peoples opinions were on this? wud u want a ur child to b a genious?
i have pasted the link to the story so have a read and give ur opinion its something lighthearted that will take ur mind of pni for 10 minutes lol

uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070622/tod-britain-education-7f81b96_1.html

kate xx

[K]

Hi there,
I totally agree with you on this one.
I think it's great she's so intelligent but what happens if she ever fails at anything?
Love Kelly

[caterina]

Well as a genius myself.........

Just kidding, no genius qualities here. Not sure I'd want my bubby to have so much pressure on her. Just hope the parents don't push and push xxx

[sadmum39]

Have you ever seen 'Little Man Tate' with Jodie Foster . She's ordinary, poor single Mum and her son is super genius! Its a great film (sad and emotional and moving) It is REALLY hard to have a special needs child whose needs are because they are sooooooo bright. My cousin faces this and its really hard.
love Sad MUmxx

[K]

Hi SM

I saw that film and it really was emotional for me. The little boy worried about abosolutely everything and his mum really did struggle with him.
That must be the hardest part - when the little one is asking questions and you don't know the answers.
I want my son to be bright - of course - but I just can't imagine him being that bright - I don't know how I'd cope.

Love Kelly

[cheshire]

Hi

It's an interesting article in the newspaper - 2 years old - that is young!!! Like you say, so long as she gets her share of 'childhood' instead of being continually 'hothoused' for further acomplishments..

Re. MENSA - I can't help but think that they/ IQ tests only really measure certain types of 'intelligence' (whatever intelligence is??). The tests lean towards mathematical and logical ability as far as I can see - so does an IQ quotient represent all types of intelligence? e.g. David Beckham - not an academic necessarily (!) but pretty gifted in other ways?

Also gree with you sadmum - having worked with 'gifted' & SENeeds children with special talents, it can be very difficult for them being the way they are sometimes (but not always of course)?

Anyway, just thought I'd chip in - interesting thread

Hopefulx

[sianyc]

I would love my kids to be bright but not exceptional! That may sound weird but I just think a lifetime of being exceptionally intelligent would be lonely