that by holding back your gifted child you are not "keeping them from growing up too fast", you are starving them from getting their needs met, in my opinion.
Yes... exactly. Kids with curious, nimble minds need the cognitive growth they seek
or they wouldn't seek it.
Denied growth --> boredom and stress --> trouble.
You could compare it to a child who is wiggly with extra energy to burn - he/she needs to go outside and run around
The same is true for a cognitively precocious child - he/she needs to learn.
