Child genius on ch 4 - wtf?! (Lighthearted)

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What is even the point?! I just don't get it!

Just seems like a load of pushy parents living through their kids, memorising random words I have never even heard of!

Madison may love nothing more than maths right now but just wait until she notices boys lol (or girls )

hmmmm, my dd has never lost her love for maths, for some it really is love forever.

It's my guilty pleasure. WTF is wrong with Oscar's dad attending some bonkers competition when his wife is in intensive care? And why are Oscar's pupils so dilated?

I suspect Oscars Dad and Mum wanted to try and protect Oscar by trying to carry on with plans as best as possible. I can't believe you are commenting on a child's pupils.

People, these are just kids you are talking about. Friends and family will be reading this. Be nice, if you can't be nice, talk to a friend in real life, don't put it in the public domain.

I've just watched it on +1. I wish last year's Mog were back on it, he was a star

I'm not convinced being able to spell verbally is a sign of huge intelligence. Some people prefer to write it down - I think the scores would be very different then.

I completely agree Imperial. The girl in the sudden death thing accidentally missed a letter rather than mis-spelling the word. It's just a party trick, a totally isolated skill.

I haven't watched this series (yet!)

I find some of the kids don't look like they actually want to be there.

However I'm laughing at rabbits and k (sorry on phone can't stroll back) Usain Bolts mum

It drives me nuts anyway that spelling random words is considered genius. My ds (13 next week) could do gcse maths questions at 10 yo and drives his computer studies teachers nuts as he can 'just do it' and so they can't really teach him.
However he can't spell the first 200 HF words and still doesn't retain all phonics.

Are they all children of MNers?

It's not all about spelling though. Tonight's was just the first two rounds.

No, I know it's not all about spelling, but you see really bright kids failing at the spelling when it seems obvious they should go through.

It's bonkers, but no more bonkers than plenty of other hobbies kids with pushy parents have. I just hope none of the kids imagine it will do them any good as adults - it's hardly something you could put on your CV.

On the other hand, early experience in handling extreme pressure, media attention and high expectations will either serve these kids very well in later life or leave them with massive therapists bills.

rabbits wine on a Monday!!!! Brilliant idea just poured one that's why my kids were not geniuss.

See my dss could have done Pokemon questions and dds my little pony back in the day

I know Fabio and Olivia mum I'd awful, how can you pick over one child. Obviously you dont love your daughter enough, obviously she has a favourite child.

Utterly ghastly. The elimination show format is wildly unsuitable for children. Surely they could show bright kids doing amazing things without the weekly chop. Or do it bloody tastefully.

I have a toddler. I drink every night.

Still think the parents are nuts. And not in a good way.

"Are they all children of MNers?"

😁😁 They must be. No one's kids on here are just above average intelligence. They are genuis's who have read the Hobbit at age 2. I saw one MNetter say her child was reading at 9 months once!

I'm rooting for Oscar because he wanted to enter himself. The others can fuck off. (Parents, not the kids fault). I have noticed a trend that it tends to be SAHMs? Are they just living through their child?

I said to DH I have the urge to tell our DCs they can do whatever the fuck they want tomorrow. We need to do some 11+ prep though 😁. This is DS's choice though and I'm very thankful for my DCs who are intelligent and not genius's.

@Strawberrybubblebath 😂😂😂😂

Did anyone else notice they kept pronouncing it 'haitch'

Some of the parents were awful. There are no words to describe Fabio and Olivia's mum - poor children. Tyler's mum wasn't much better - she won't easily forgive him for going out in the first round.

I've never seen it before and watched it with our children - they now realise that I am really not that bad!

Mission, Yes, that was irritating me intensely too.

Mission YES, my fists were curling in irritation at that!

Fabio and Olivia's mum seems absolutely unhinged. Her screaming with laughter into the camera over her "rooting for Fabio" thing was petrifying.

Fabio and Olivia's mum was on GMB today.

She spent the whole time laughing extraordinarily loud at ..... well nothing

I kept thinking what a tit!

The parents have never achieved anything and now want to push their children to go to Oxbridge by the time they are 7 so the parents have made up for their own shortcomings.

Except Oscar's Dad. He's alright.

I hate the idea of this show and yet I can't stop watching it every year