do you have a really thick kid - and know it?

[Tortington]

just wondered

LOL! DS can't read yet - is he slow?

I don't know any mum that would describe there child as thick. Not nice

No. Either mine are not spectacularly thick or I don't know it. Why, babe?

Read this as a lighthearted thread where people slag off other mums for being competitive over the teeniest thing (my child has a more attractive mole on her shoulder than yours, etc).

No?

Um - no - but I hope if I did I would know.

Why in particular, custy?

oh my goodness, your from manchester you must be, yes i have one, thick as fuck, pmsl

Are you born with thickness or is it a skill that is learnt ie He used to really bright, but after much work has developed into a real thicko!!

fairyfly - you made me laugh!

no was just wonderin. hunker got it.

BGD, sadly think that sometimes promising children are squashed into being thickos by their peers

But seriously - should DS be able to read by now? He's 15mo and I'm worried... He can barely tie his shoelaces and do algebra!

oh good.

hunker, I'm sorry to tell you this but he is obviously very, very slow.

Sign him up for remedial shoelaces and beginners reading immediately.

HM at 15mo I would expect rudimentary physics at leastg. You need a home tutor obviously

Mine were reading Milton, doing macrame and had solved the problem of Occham's razor by that age, hunker. I guess they all go at their own pace tho?

It is as I thought! I should have weaned him earlier. He'd be on rocket science by now if I had

its all becuase you let him watch tv after six, dont give him extra organic bananas - washed inside and out and let him play with gund. FGS woman call social services

Well... I hate to rub salt in the wound. But yes, you've clearly held him back, I'm afraid.

my son is definetly one digestive short of a cheese cake when it comes to academia, but he is wonderful in all the other ways. Prefer it this way.

I let him play with my old mobile phone. Am sure I've radioactived his poor developing brain

Maybe if I got some baby pasta for him, he'd perk up a bit? [hopeful] Or is it too late? On the scrapheap at 15mo...

lol digestive !

I am waiting for my teenager to become a fully fledged Kevin, with associated Thicko'ness

erm...well my dd1 is certainly not 'thick' (horrid word) but she isn't the brightest in her class. She is fab with writing (lovely and neat, really enjoys it) but hopeless with numbers and is probably one of the worst in her class. She seems about average for reading (although I think the class average is high comparitively) But she loves school and loves listening to stories. They are about to be split - the top 8 go up to Class 2 (a mix of year 2 and year 1) and the 'bottom' 8 stay in Class 1 (reception and year 1). I am confidently expecting her to stay in Class 1. I was a bit bothered at first as I was such a brainiac at school but I have recovered now and am just so pleased that she loves school so much and seems very popular

Are you kidding? She understands the pleasure of idleness at this age already - clever as a fox if you ask me. 'Work smarter, not harder'.

She's 2 years old and asks to be placed in her cot so she can watch TV whilst reclining.

Work to live, not the other way around!

ha ha ha ha, I do have a friend who says she wonders if her dd's a bit thick.

Let's not forget that many of history's greatest figures were last in their class.

In fact, at West Point, the famous American military academy, it's a point of honour, as many famous generals were last in their class.

love the "you must be from manchester" comment ff .. there is a peculiar manc humour that made me splutter when I read this title