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... might now be said by beaming parents to prove their child's superiority.

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I have often expressed my bewilderment regarding the competitive nature of parenting; the whole "look how smart my kid is" preening that takes place on playgrounds across America.

Now I'm thinking that it will become quite chic to have a "slow" child as evidence that they will reach genuis level at the onset of puberty. "We're trying to keep his brain from growing too early" will become the new gold standard of parenting involvement and accomplishement!

Do you think this new research might change the way people parent?

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Interesting!

It'd be nice if it changed things... if it made parents relax and go with their children's flow a little more.

I'd worry a bit about what would happen if little Tommy doesn't actually top the IQ charts at 11 or 12, but at least he'd have that much laid-back parenting under his belt...

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Parallel observation:

Don't buy a bright 18 year old his own formal evening clothes. Bright boys continue growing in height until 23 or 23.

Bright girls generally reach full size by 20-21.

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Really!?

Interesting indeed.

I'm thinking late bloom is the new must have personality.

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i am book marking this.. i am on my way out the door..

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Oh yes, soz. I so agree. If it even put a dent in the trained-parrot-information-without-understanding focus of so much parenting I'd be happy.

Slacker parents unite!

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I couldn't tie my shoes until I was 11.

I must be a genius.

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See!

It's already happening! We can now take pride in the things that we learned "late"!

I can envision the memoir section of the bookstore in... say.... 2026. It will be filled to the gills with stories of ruined lives from exposure to Mozart and Baby Einstein DVDs.

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iiinteresting!

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I could read and write when I was 4, when I was in high school I was put in the retard classes.

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Chai Tea wrote:

I couldn't tie my shoes until I was 11.

I must be a genius.

dear god, i choked on my tea reading that

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I never could stand to lift weights, but just look at me now!

Fear my bulging cortex! Gaze in wonder at my mighty six-pack cerebrum! Stare in awe at my mighty-thewed cerebellum!

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I didn't talk until I was four. Now just try to shut me up...

I'm not sure I read those paragraphs quite the same way as others.. I don't think the snart children were observed to be "slower" than others, just that their brain structure development had slower timing (I'm guessing that is a function of more molecular complication, or something..)

I'll have to go back and read the quote again. Reading comprehension, ya know, I never was Ms. Speedo.

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dyslexia wrote:

I could read and write when I was 4, when I was in high school I was put in the retard classes.

My parents insist that I was born with a book in my hand, reading and asking to be left alone. That probably accounts for my high school days spent in ignorant bliss.

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I cut virtually every class in high school, noone noticed, I spend the time in the library reading. I graduated in the bottom 1/3 of my class.

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I'm in love with blacksmithin' yet he marries another.

<sigh>

I don't belive it did say anything about "slower" osso, I was just ad-libbing. I get so frustrated with the competitive nature of parenting.

Perhaps I'm just compensating.

I always think "Well. Mo can dig a bigger hole, way faster than your kid."

Next year, I'm letting him put in a pool.....

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djjd62 wrote:

Chai Tea wrote:
I couldn't tie my shoes until I was 11.

I must be a genius.

dear god, i choked on my tea reading that

I'm f*ckin' serious man....had a hell of a time learning to ride a bike, finally learned to swim when I was 16...I just learned about a year ago how to tell which way to turn a key in a lock.

but....when I was 5 or something I remember getting a miniature craps table and dice...I'd spend hours figuring odds of rolls, and card games, fuggedaboudit. Then I'd get up to eat dinner and trip on my shoe laces.

doink doink doink splat.

now I wear penny loafers

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Chai Tea wrote:

I just learned about a year ago how to tell which way to turn a key in a lock.

Uh oh. You mean there's a way to tell?

Boomer, I'm sure the competitive stuff would drive me nutso too.

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My big hang up was telling time. That whole clock thing.... man.... that was tough.

Kids today have it so easy with digital clocks.

"Hey Mo, what time is it?"

"It's six dot dot two two."

"Cool beans."

Frikken clocks anyway.....

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Try to get this through that thick head of yours....

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