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Kids in College by the Age of 12
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The best thing a parent can do for a profoundly gifted child is to get out of the way. I'm always saddened when gifted children are in a "program" designed and directed by the parent.....which can un-gift kids. Profoundly gifted children don't need to be taught anything. Bright children learn easily, so are eagerly taught subjects like calculus. Profoundly gifted children CREATE things like calculus....and the millions of not yet invented subjects.

I read a passage years ago about Mozart. Someone asked if he would teach their teen to be a composer. He said no. "But why not? You were composing by the time you were 5" to which he replied "yes, but no one taught me how."

I'm quite certain the family in the story does not have a set of profoundly gifted children. If she did, they'd likely be bored to tears with the rote, structure, and form of highly directed homeschooling. These kids simply do not have a choice.

That said, I still don't think it's "wrong" or that THIS FAMILY should take mine or anyone else's advice about what's best for their own kids. I certainly respect the autonomy that the law affords me, and I don't want people up in my Kool-Aid..... but I think once you put it out there for other people, as an evangelist, you are in a different category. As a method, I don't support the concept. Personally, she can do what she wants (as long as it's legal Wink )
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Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by cookderosa - 06-04-2014, 09:51 PM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by Carnation - 06-04-2014, 11:47 PM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by zenurez - 06-05-2014, 08:05 AM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by cookderosa - 06-05-2014, 08:15 AM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by topdog98 - 06-05-2014, 09:19 AM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by cookderosa - 06-05-2014, 10:46 AM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by cookderosa - 06-05-2014, 10:51 AM
Kids in College by the Age of 12 - by cathgrl - 06-05-2014, 07:24 PM

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