A couple of years ago someone posted the video about Mark Ya and his relationship with Yang Yang as mentor. Yang Yang talked about how few prodigies make it through the adolescent years and continue as musicians because of the what teens go through and the isolation of a performing prodigy's life.

Sometimes the social needs of that period outweigh the academic needs, particularly if they are way ahead. Even that movie, and yes, it is a movie, Vitus, where he pretended to fall and suffer brain injury so he could have normal IQ and experience the life of a normal teenage kid. But it is also mentioned that peers can really influence a kid in this period. Being accepted can lead a kid down many paths.

Ren