RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Wasnt this a bad TV show when I was growingup?

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> >From what I've read, people worry about these kinds of 
> problems, but they
> aren't often seen.  The super-smart kids tend to have really 
> good outcomes
> socially, mentally, health-wise, etc.  Most of these kids 
> drive their own
> success by pursuing learning relentlessly, sometimes even 
> against their
> parents' wishes.  

Could you give examples, sources, statistics, etc.?

> Maybe the kids who are pushed to succeed by their
> parents, against their own wishes, have some problems.  I 
> don't know many
> cases of that, but I did see a show about a kid whose dad 
> pushed him very
> hard to become the youngest college grad ever.  The kid did 
> it, but he was
> not happy.  Then he took off a bunch of years to recooperate!

I've heard of worse. A homeschooler in mid-Missouri, actually. His father pushed him too far, making him study far beyond his level. I don't know if he was a genius or if his father just wanted him to be. The kid burned out badly, and had serious retention problems that actually left him behind his peers in the long run. I haven't heard of him since my family left the local homeschool organization, so he might have recovered by now. Last I heard was when he was 11, and that was about 10 years ago.


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