You have been reading "The Joy Luck Club" too much. Let the kid be a kid. I'd give her some after school activities like sports, dance class, and piano lessons and see what she likes best.

Sam

 

I'm pretty much the same. I was reading by the time I was 3. I was in "Gifted" and AP classes all through school and made pretty much straight As. I had fairly high scores on my standardized tests, yada, yada. Even now, I consider myself to be "above average" intelligence. But, that doesn't mean much when you're surrounded by people that are "way above average" intelligence, like at a top tier university or working for a competitive company. I was never challenged in high school, so when I went to college I had no idea how to study. I was used to being able to study and/or complete my homework during the previous class or between classes and still pull straight As. That doesn't work in college.

I guess my only advice would be to try and expose her to situations where she is surrounded by people that are the same caliber as her or higher, and give her opportunities to be challenged. Throw her an easy win occasionally to give her a break and keep her morale up, but also make sure that she knows how to deal with difficult and overwhelming situations without breaking down. Don't let her sit in a situation where everything comes easily, otherwise she'll think it's always supposed to work that way, and she won't know how to react when she encounters a real challenge.

With that said, I agree with the others that say that you still have to allow her to be a kid (or a teenager or whatever, when she gets there). Give her as many different opportunities and exposure to as many activities and interests as you can afford to. Let her find out what she really loves and enjoys, because that will be even more important in her longterm welfare than being super-smart.

 

hey me too. I think the world is just to slow to keep up with us...thats why I spend so much of my time on my couch....letting everyone else catch up!


yeah thats it.

 

Thanks for the advice on how to raise my daughter! Even though I don't need it, it's fun to read what y'all got to say. I have another daughter, you know? She's grown now, and also as pretty as her daddy.

 

Oh, that was pretty funny!

 

pretty funny thread.

Nothing against your kid, but I have the most gifted kids possible, so just take a back seat!

I love when other kids parents tell me how smart their little "billy" is. he is just bored in school because he is so smart.... bla bla bla... so i ask Billy "hey..what is 6 x 8 - little Billy sits there just like all the rest of the kids and eventually says 42?..... ya, your kid is ****ing brilliant.....

 

I'll get back to you when she becomes a scientist.

 

Me too, but I was able to get away with it in college, too. If I was interested in a class, I got an A. If not, I got a C.

Luckily, we had a great Math teacher, because coasting thru classes on LaPlace Transforms and all that other EE crap I've long forgotten doesn't help at exam time (I got a B on that one).

Part of the problem these days is that most of us work for someone else. I can crank out projects faster than most people, but so what? At review time, it gets me an extra 1% raise...big deal.

Now that I also have my own business, the rewards are commensurate with the effort.

 

Agreed.

 

It seems we are all gifted.