Children on Child Genius Emotionally Immature

[TeamCersei]

First off, I love watching it and I think the children are all brill.
But, I can't help thinking that even though they are very mature academically, their emotional maturity seems way behind most other children.

Is this usual?
Does one thing suffer at the hands of the other?

Another thing that 'fascinates' disturbs me is the way some parents will encourage their children to compete against each other.
Some of the filthy looks these siblings throw at eachother when one is beating the other is just wrong.
You just know that this level of competitiveness is setting them up for having a very cold relationship with their siblings in later life.
It's the parents fault for encouraging it.

I know Rahul and his family. He is nothing as portrayed on CG. He's actually a really sweet, sociable boy despite his massive intellect (he's one of the few kids I know who can talk to kids and adults alike) . I'm guessing the entire process of CG is stressful.

Siblings winding one another up is totally normal!
The kids stand up on a podium in front of hundreds of people knowing they are being viewed by millions, being subjected to rigorous testing, and the vast majority hold it together amazingly. I am sure that counts as emotional maturity! Not sure I would do it

I wasn't hot housed and neither was DH we were just those sort of slightly odd much too clever children your talking about. Were we emotionally immature. If I'm absolutely honest yes probably I would say we are quite childlike still.. I used to spend many hours taking myself off to the library from age seven sneaking the adult books in to the children's section because I wasn't allowed to check them out. That to me was fun.

I think the kids who were both exceptionally bright and emotionally mature might have the sense not to go on a programme like that in the first place.

Sibling rivalry is very normal.

A few of of my kids are "properly"smart; one has been tested as we wanted to advocate for harder maths and she was in about the top 0.5% for age. She's doing maths 3-4 years ahead of age level. She's not emotionally stunted or hothoused or socially difficult. School work is easy for her and she doesn't focus on it at the expense of anything else; I would say she works less hard than many of her classmates.

It's possible to be smart and socially adept, just as kids can have learning problems and associated social difficulties.

You beat me too PickAChew, it definitely sounds like asynchronous development.
My DS isn't a genius but is very intelligent and he is very emotionally immature. Like Jay's DH he will not take the blame for anything. If he trips up he will blame someone across the room for tripping him up. If he walks into the door he will blame the door. He had the worst temper tantrums when he was younger and at almost 8 he is only starting to deal with them now. He is very sensitive and cries easily and very clearly struggles to deal with his emotions at times.

Seriously TeamCersei have you ever met any siblings except your own DC. That is normal common behaviour.

Yes, not only my own DC but my own siblings.
Seriously, not all families have siblings who are competitive with each other.

If sibling rivalry wasn't a thing it wouldn't have a name. For me it wasn't rivalry between the two girls because the younger one was gutted for her sister when she got a higher mark and was gutted when she knocked her out the competition. The older sibling gloated when she got the better score and upset her sister. It's that unevenness that unsettled me. But again they are only going to put the worst behaviour in because it's entertaining.

Rahul is so cute and you could see how heartbroken he was when he was trying to escape the interview and he was trying to be polite about it all he's just so refreshingly honest

Is this the programme where they have big signs with their names on hanging round their neck ?

Who on earth decide that would be a good idea and id there reasoning behind it ? It looks totally demeaning