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    Re: You know you're parenting a gifted child when...
    aquinas #168927 09/24/13 12:10 PM
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    ROFL...

    yes indeed.

    Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.
    Re: You know you're parenting a gifted child when...
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    Originally Posted by Mamabear
    When your kid gets a 70 on a project that you know they can do. You ask what happened and they tell you the assignment was stupid so they only did the interesting parts.

    Oh yes. smile

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    When you leave the room and your dd4 is watching the Disney channel and you come back and they have changed the channel to the Science channel and watching a show about uranium. Followed by a show on Gold; where it's found and how it got there.

    Cassie

    "Imperfections in our journey were what made it perfect."-Ewan McGregor
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    ....when your 5 year old blows through 4 years of EPGY math in 7 weeks.
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    For my friends who have children who also love the periodic table, if you haven't already, check out: periodicvideos.com

    Like it on FB too. DS (who is now 7) LOVES it!
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    Originally Posted by 1111
    ....when your 5 year old blows through 4 years of EPGY math in 7 weeks.

    Yowza!

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    Child-centred, not parent-centred examples, but still had to include them:

    DS23mo and I met a gentleman from Sri Lanka today, so I showed him where Sri Lanka was relative to us on a map. Fast-forward to a conversation later this evening.

    Me: We met a man from Sri Lanka today, didn't we, DS? Sri Lanka is just south of the tip of what country?

    DS (*without hesitating for a second*): India!

    DH was astonished. That doesn't happen too often.

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    He also used the word "panoply" correctly and spontaneously-- "Look Mummy, I have a panoply of trucks on my pyjamas!" And he proceeded to name them. Cement mixers were today's darlings.

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    you might be the parent of a gifted child when...

    your DD14 glares at you for putting her NMSC "Certificate of Commendation" up tucked into a frame (that holds another honor)... because she sees it as a badge of shame that she didn't earn a semifinalist score on the PSAT at 13.5yo.

    Let's just say that personal standards of excellence are a little different for some kids. whistle (I was/am proud of her-- honest-- I wasn't being mean. I just thought it was cool that she scored in the top 50K nationwide at that age, particularly never having any experience with standardized tests until then.)




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    Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
    you might be the parent of a gifted child when...

    your DD14 glares at you for putting her NMSC "Certificate of Commendation" up tucked into a frame (that holds another honor)... because she sees it as a badge of shame that she didn't earn a semifinalist score on the PSAT at 13.5yo.

    Let's just say that personal standards of excellence are a little different for some kids. whistle (I was/am proud of her-- honest-- I wasn't being mean. I just thought it was cool that she scored in the top 50K nationwide at that age, particularly never having any experience with standardized tests until then.)

    Sometimes I swear you are my parents and I am your DD.

    What is to give light must endure burning.
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    ...You're not sure anyone in the family can reliably beat your 5yo at chess anymore. (DD says she "let DS win" the last few times they played. Is this true? I'm not sure. He beats his dad about half the time and me ALL the time, but I'm terrible.)

    ...DS plays one game online with a pretty good player and proceeds to use the opening that player used to whomp his dad ("Where'd you learn THAT?" "The guy I played online did that"). How the $%$@ did he remember it?
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