Mother Talkers

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    boundaries and limits are important for all children.  and perhaps even MORE important for highly intelligent children.

    by parentalunit1 on Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 08:24:18 AM PDT

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    • Intelligence (0 / 0)

      It changes everything.  Here are my explanations for some of the indigo characteristics.  Guilt doesn't work for my DS b/c he can already think outside of the immediate.  Absolute authority?  No way!  He has to have the explanations for rules.  Once he knows why something is important, he'll comply.  We know that creative thought is related to intelligence.  Smart people know what they need and can communicate it, this is true for adults as well as children.  Again, finding better ways of doing things will be related to intelligence.  All in a day at our house.  One more thing.  DS will often know things and we have no idea how.  My FIL swears it's the indigo thing.  Well, if he's pretty bright and has a good memory, he's picked it up and remembered it.  That's all.  

      "We've GOT to make noises in greater amounts! So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!"

      by progressiveinky on Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 09:14:50 AM PDT

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      • how old is your son? (0 / 0)

        My son knows so many things that we didn't know he knew and we realized that he fully absorbs any information that he comes into contact with -- documentaries, kids' shows, newspapers, books, radio, people talking, museums, magazines, movies etc.  

        The fact that he started reading so young also gave him exposure to information in ways his peers didn't have.

        It can seem freakish though.  I'll never forget the craft project at a festival where they were supposed to decorate a little cardboard hat and he diagrammed the digestive system on one side (from mouth to anus) and a rainforest environment (from floor to emergent layer) on the other side.

        Miles and His Favorites: The World As Seen By an Eight Year Old

        by Hillary on Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 09:19:09 AM PDT

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        • He's 2, will be 3 in August (0 / 0)

          Yesterday Curious George went down a manhole.  DS's response was "He's not supposed to go down that hole!  There's poopy in there!  It goes to the potty!"  Not only do I not know how he knew about sewers, but how would he then be able to take knowledge about one manhole situation and then apply it to the new situation at such a young age?  BTW, you might be in disbelief about his language at this age (as we all are) but he really talks in complete sentences already.

          "We've GOT to make noises in greater amounts! So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!"

          by progressiveinky on Tue Apr 17, 2007 at 10:45:15 AM PDT

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