Child Genius (C4)

[TheFirstOfHerName]

Anyone planning to watch this?

I was a little like these children; joined Mensa as a child, but used my ability to coast through school/university rather than to achieve anything noteworthy.

DS2 is also of this ilk. We are not doing any of the things these parents are doing, although when opportunities arise through school then obviously we let him participate.

[2rebecca]

How can an adult who claims to be intelligent not apply any critical analysis to woo?
I don't see any advantage to telling your kids they are special and elite.
Doing well in our society both financially and socially is as much about your ability to get on with and manage people as your IQ.
I don't get the emphasis on mental arithmetic, fine if you want to work in an outdated hardware store but otherwise it's as useless a skill as being the queen of obscure spellings. We have calculators and dictionaries and difficult maths is nothing to do with mental arithmetic and all about problem solving.
It just makes me anti-MENSA that they support this twaddle

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Old MacDonald in Latin ?

[Scarletohello]

Pfb taken to a scary and damaging extreme.

Are they all a bit OCD?

[TheBogQueen]

And here we have the home educators. They always have a funny look in their eyes...

[upyourninja]

I'd love to home educate. I would be shit at it though.

It would be like Lord of the Flies round here.

[WhispersOfWickedness]

Love Jocelyn

[Mondaybaby]

Woo - it is the first time I have heard this. It describes what I feel about..... well, woo - perfectly!!!
I feel very sorry for Aliyah.

[Sparklingbrook]

I would be rubbish at HE. Also letting them learn about what they are interested in would not be good for the Sparkling offspring I fear.

[Scarletohello]

Ha I was just thinking how they would fend if they were put into a Lord of the Flies type environment?

Conversely this could just be another form of child abuse...

[scarletforya]

Euw @ Jocelyns parents, they look like brother and sister.

She's an adorable child though, little sweetheart.

[MamaPain]

On another thread someone just said Shoshanna is Leonard Hoffstader's mum in real life.

[Smartiepants79]

Interesting that Jocelyn has the highest IQ of the lot but is unlikely to progress.

[scaevola]

I like the approach of Joycelyn's parents.

[upyourninja]

Ha Scarlet, did you not see Aaliyah's wrestling training and body weight exercises? She would make the other children her minions

[TheBogQueen]

God it's bloody awful isn't it

My five year old dd3 learned to ride her bike today

The whole family were leaping up and fun with excitement. Her wee face was a picture, she is so proud and we are too.

That's what being a kid is about

[beanandspud]

I couldn't do HE although I take my hat off to those that do.

Despite struggling with the maths test I wonder whether Jocelyn may at least be the one that goes far in the real world?

[mydaftlass]

Poor jocelyn. She's such an innocent in this.

[TheSpottedZebra]

I think Tudor will do well in life too.
And string theory boy will probably/hopefully be an academic. he is Sheldon in the BBT theory.

[upyourninja]

Just read the article on Shoshana. Fucking hell.

[kilmuir]

Its hideous. Only parents I like so far are Jocelyns.
What about learning skills like empathy, compassion, not always being top etc

[TheSpottedZebra]

analogy, not theory!

[TheBogQueen]

Right

London Underground

I can soooo do this

[Vivacia]

I think this memory round is really unfair. Non-London children are at a disadvantage.

[2rebecca]

WTF for? Are they all going to do "the knowledge" and be taxi drivers? Where are the tests for problem solving and applying your knowledge? It's all a bit pure memory, fine if you're OCD and a bit on the spectrum but they aren't traits that get you far in the real world

[TheBogQueen]

Fuck