Child Genius anyone??

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should be interesting

Going to start in a few mins when dd is in bed.

I think Hugo the train spotter is just lovely. His mum is just a teensy bit too negative about him for my liking.

Very interesting! I knew there would be a thread about this already!

Child genius of the Year competition - WTF

Shocked at the mum who speaks so badly of her son! It's not his fault he's a genius!!!

Joshua's Mum needs to find a hobby.

Yes the way she spoke about Hugo must have made him even more aware of how supposedly "different and hard work" he is.

Oooh - didn't know it was on. Still have kids' lunches to make. Will have to catch it on +1.

50 hours of chess a week??!!

To be fair to Hugo's Mum, it may just be the way in which hours of footage has been edited

I've always thought having a very bright child would be as difficult as having a child experiencing challenging behaviour. Very intense!

(incidentally, I'm not saying I agreed with what she said, just that there might be more too it .... clutches at straws!)

I can't believe he plays 50 hours of chess.

When does he do anything else?

I think I'd be negative if I had to listen to talk about trains 24/7

I've said the same thing to my DC's about working hard for the first 16 years so you can do the fun stuff when you're a grown up.

My son is at school with Hugo!

The father assumes that you can only learn in the first 16 years of your life and then you are doomed???

Enjoying this but not sure whether to be amazed at these talented children or somehow a little bit sad that their time seems to be so regimented.

I like Hugo he reminds me of my son minus the genius. I'd be interested to see him in school

I'm definitely telling my eldest this tomorrow. Waste your first 16 years of life, repent at leisure hahaha!!!

I am watching already feel really sorry for most of the kids!!

Think the chess obsessed mum and chinese dad are putting their issues first and their kids having an enjoyable childhood second

Train boy's mother is the most balanced imo.

She's just found a way to cope with a child who repents various challenges.

Hugo is rude! Needs to be told to shut up! Chess child food at chess, but anything else? And Chinese boy, wow major tiger parenring

Let them chill FGS!! The little trainspotter is so enthusiastic about the trains, really sweet.How on earth people find time to enter 200 competitions a year I'll never know :)

Either have a miserable first 16 years and have a nice 60, or have a happy childhood and be depressed for 60.

No inbetween then?