It is a complicated issue, for sure. I personally don't have much respect for the IQ tests but I did test my daughter when she was 4. I did it just to get her into a nice school, as did tons of other parents where I live. She passed the test as did so many other kids from the "educated" families. Especially at a young age , the test pre…
It is a complicated issue, for sure. I personally don't have much respect for the IQ tests but I did test my daughter when she was 4. I did it just to get her into a nice school, as did tons of other parents where I live. She passed the test as did so many other kids from the "educated" families. Especially at a young age , the test pretty much just identified involved educated families where kids are read to. So, I never really thought much of it, I just used the test for a utilitarian purpose. I saw the kids in her "gifted" school and they were just regular kids with only a few clearly gifted. I do think the gifted label is a bit of a burden psychologically for the kids so maybe there is something there, the burden of the label and feeling like you can't live up to it? On the other hand, when I read detransitoners I am constantly in awe at how eloquent and intelligent they are so it is possible that the connection with giftedness is real. In which case I wonder if the gifted kids are victims of envy from their peers. (And then there is autism connection of course).
It is a complicated issue, for sure. I personally don't have much respect for the IQ tests but I did test my daughter when she was 4. I did it just to get her into a nice school, as did tons of other parents where I live. She passed the test as did so many other kids from the "educated" families. Especially at a young age , the test pretty much just identified involved educated families where kids are read to. So, I never really thought much of it, I just used the test for a utilitarian purpose. I saw the kids in her "gifted" school and they were just regular kids with only a few clearly gifted. I do think the gifted label is a bit of a burden psychologically for the kids so maybe there is something there, the burden of the label and feeling like you can't live up to it? On the other hand, when I read detransitoners I am constantly in awe at how eloquent and intelligent they are so it is possible that the connection with giftedness is real. In which case I wonder if the gifted kids are victims of envy from their peers. (And then there is autism connection of course).