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

[Tortington]

just wondered

Look on the bright side hunkermunker - maybe your ds will be good at football or something and make loadsa dosh and buy you a mansion and a fast car and get himself a chav girlfriend when he hits the big time.

No I don't but I could try and get them to be - does that count plz?

how do you find out?

I was being serious

Scummy, please don't worry - I'm sure your children will find other ways to shine. We can't all be clever.

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QE, I can but dream

GGG!!! but too!

ggg .. tell it like it is and stuff the pc malarky

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Custy I hope you are not implying that my child genius/prodigy is not a bright as I would like to think I think being able to do long multiplication/division before you are 3 is a talent every child should aspire to

Oh ggg that made me laugh - hilarious!

can't comment as both my children are geniuses

In a similar vein, I have often wondered if people ever think their child is ugly - (again mine are both beautiful)

well DS2 (19months) has just started doing his Phd in Quantum Physics.

Ds1 (5 in september) turned round and told the nursery teacher (when asked 'how do we read')

"you start at the beginning" - that's bright enough for me

My MIL thinks my dd is ugly ... or at least that she's "not all that attractive, is she dear".

I know she's gorgeous.

my dd (2.9) this morning on finding a £5 note

"Mummy this is called note money. You give it to the people and they give you chips"

Ok maybe she is a little dim

Being clever is over-rated. Look at all the rich and famous who are thick as two planks. I mean, Collen McLoughlin and Posh Beckham, anyone?

Also money related DS1 AGES ago asked me if we could go to the shop - I told him I had no money (which was true) he turned round and said

"well just take some out of daddy's wallet" LOL

Most kids I know now are acceptable enough looking but when I was hanging round with people with babies there were some HIDEOUS ones! I always wondered whether the parents realised .

My dd1 is totally stunning but I'm objective enough to see that dd2 is more cute than pretty. Obviously I think they are both gorgeous and would never tell dd2 that!

the attractiveness thing always gets me... there really are some very plain children about and its very awkward for me because my children are stunning, simply stunning.How awful for the parents of these plain children to observe the contrast between their children and mine. sigh.

CD