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When your 3 years old write the multiplication tables of 16, 17, 18, 19 and told you that twelves of 1/144 equals 1/12 when he just turns 4.

She tries to engage the checkout clerk at the grocery store in a discussion of realism in Norman Rockwell's paintings.

If this isn't all kinds of awesome, I don't know what is!

Five days into kindergarten, your child declares "I can't wait for first grade." Why, you ask "Because I want CHALLENGING homework."

(And here I was, being glad that it was so simple it was being completed before leaving school, not personally being a believer in homework at those grade levels...)

Whereas my first grader just told me he was not so excited about going to the first grade because it is that much closer to going to college. He is really scared of the fact that he will have to leave home for college.

Oh... I know how that goes, too! Our ODS was terrified by the thought until just recently (he's nine now). The younger one says he is going to move with us to the place he wants to attend college. So maybe that's a solution for your son, too? ;-)

I did tell him that he could just attend the state college locally so that he can come home every week. I am not sure weekly visit is enough comfort for him because he keeps bringing it up.

DS has told us many, many times that he is never going to move out. Now that he's 9 he has said that he *might* consider moving next door (as an adult). Maybe.

In the last couple of weeks he's really latched onto the fact that you don't HAVE to be an adult to go to University. He's been obsessed about exactly what one must do to get to go to University and how young the youngest possible age is.... I'm a bit fearful about where his thoughts are going on this one.

When your DD has to do a timeline of her life for school, and it includes things like:

18 months old: First time correcting mum

Haha

DS9 intends never to move out and is only willing to go to university because I told him he could go to our local university and live at home. Glad to have company in this boat. Thomas Percy you could tell him that he'll probably be able to do his undergrad on a computer in your basement by then!