And for what? If the answer is "For bragging rights" or "to get her into Harvard so that Mom and/or Dad can have bragging rights," I'm not a fan.
A family I know "hothouses", as far as I'm concerned. The kids begin doing "homework" for Mom at age 2 1/2 or so. They are bribed with candy and/or playtime to do their work. The primary purpose (according to their mom) is to have them immediately accelerated upon entering Kindergarten. So far the school has done that, even though IQ is barely in MG range but achievement is high. It burns me up because there are so many HG kids that have not been "prepped" for acceleration. I can only believe that the reasons for this is for the over achieving parent to feel better about themselves?
