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(18,125 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)What would be the benefit to him or the world if he burned out at 40?
LisaM
(27,813 posts)So many studies show that things like play are really important to development later on.
This kid is obviously pretty exceptional, but I see a trend of kids skipping so many things that are so important to their emotional development.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I am not a parent, but if I was and was the dad of a super fast learning child, I would work my butt off to insure that he or she experienced childhood and being around people near his or her age. I would try to devise parellel tracks that challenged him or her intellectually.
Youth only come for us once, once it is gone, it can't be regained. Like you, I would not want to see a 40 year old wipeout who realizes that he missed out on childhood and teen years.
Archae
(46,335 posts)(I was "dead" in less than a minute the one and only time I tried Fortnite)
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)You rarely hear about these prodigies as they get older. They tend to peak early and then fade away.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)John Clerk Maxwell is considered by many to be the greatest thinker of all time. He was a young prodigy, writing brilliant scientific papers in his teens. He finished his schooling at something like 12 years old.
Karadeniz
(22,535 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)They push too hard or don't slow the child down so that he or she enjoys childhood.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)ooky
(8,924 posts)Smart kid.