(I hear you, though. My hot-button issue is Ruf's levels of giftedness, which "so many" people here seem to be enamored of. They're utter hokum with respect to my kid, though. She'd be a 1-verging-on-2 using those "common milestones," but I'd be extremely surprised if she were a 4 rather than 5 going by IQ equivalent. Some people have early-bloomer, showy kids. I don't.)
Oh my... I had vaguely heard of these, but hadn't looked up the specifics until I read your post. Wow. We've only had one child tested (dd21)and although she's a level 5 in the "associated IQ," I really didn't recognize any of my kids in the descriptions. Bits and pieces yes... but they make it sound like she should be off in a corner building 3000 piece puzzles, lonely, and unable to talk to other kids. The only reason my kids had trouble communicating with other kids is becasue they were all late talkers - some more severe than others. I'm with you - this is specific to a very narrow band of children, and not just in relation to IQ.
