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.

[ThunderbumsMum]

But jocelyn's parents haven't taught her any mental discipline. She needs that.

[NoArmaniNoPunani]

Where is the article on Shoshana?

[Dolly80]

Is navigational memory recall really that useful in real life?

[scarletforya]

Didn't see that ninja, just turned it on.

[Iffy2014]

Wow, slightly biased to London kids then?!

I would never have heard of the Underground at their age.

[upyourninja]

Rubiyat

Awesome!

[MissWimpyDimple]

Rubiyats parents seem sweet too.

[SauvignonBlanche]

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

Because she knows Old McDonald in Latin?

[zumby]

I don't want to watch poor lovely Jocelyn attempt this round :(

[deepest]

What end goal do these parents have in sight for their children GCSEs at 9 - degree at 12, post grad at 13?....then where? so that they can be working/earning at 14 ? -- I thought as a society we had addressed child labour in the Victorian age?

Pressurized rote learning spelling & mental arithmetic...not far off sweat shops if you ask me -- hot housing!

As a society we need problem solvers, creatives, team workers and inspirational leaders to solve our future issue....can you see any evidence of this here?

[upyourninja]

Someone provided the link earlier. Aaliyah's mum has multiple personality disorder due to childhood abuse, apparently. Awful.

[TheFirstOfHerName]

I think Rubiyat could well be another Shrinidhi.

[scarletforya]

Crikey, more looky-likely parents....Aliyahs!

Wtf!?

[TheSpottedZebra]

Tudor is ace.
He walks with swagger!

[Iffy2014]

Curtis' grandmother is wearing a Christmas jumper; did no one tell her this was airing in July?!

[Smartiepants79]

Many of these children must be destined for a life in academia.

[upyourninja]

Agreed, deepest. What's the point?

Fine if the children are driving their learning and just want to learn more and more, but otherwise, Bad Parenting in my book.

[Dolly80]

"The pressure is getting to Tudor"

That would probably be because he is 8 years old!

[ThunderbumsMum]

I am really disliking Tudor's dad. Wtf does it matter if his kid comes second? Fgs.

[Lilka]

I quite like Jocelyn's parents. Unconventional but nice

[Vivacia]

If that background is true, I think that the show was wrong to include the family.

[upyourninja]

Tudor's dad is just ruuuude!

[TheSpottedZebra]

This was the story of Shoshana's awful upbringing theforgivenessproject.com/visitor/dr-shoshana-garfield/ It's pretty grim reading, she was abused.

[Sparklingbrook]

what's all this crap about the London Underground?

Is this a series because I'm not watching another episode of this.

[MissWimpyDimple]

Wow. Tudors dad.