A nine year old with a university degree...!

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[Poiuyt]

1. Show off

[Cirque du So-What]

2. That's great, but I'd hate to see him miss out on childhood entirely

What would be the benefit to him or the world if he burned out at 40?

[LisaM]

3. I had the same thought.

So many studies show that things like play are really important to development later on.

This kid is obviously pretty exceptional, but I see a trend of kids skipping so many things that are so important to their emotional development.

[Blue_true]

7. I agree.

I am not a parent, but if I was and was the dad of a super fast learning child, I would work my butt off to insure that he or she experienced childhood and being around people near his or her age. I would try to devise parellel tracks that challenged him or her intellectually.

Youth only come for us once, once it is gone, it can't be regained. Like you, I would not want to see a 40 year old wipeout who realizes that he missed out on childhood and teen years.

[Archae]

4. So that's the kid that blasted me dead in Fortnite!

(I was "dead" in less than a minute the one and only time I tried Fortnite)

[Laffy Kat]

5. I hope they let him be a kid, too.

You rarely hear about these prodigies as they get older. They tend to peak early and then fade away.

[Blue_true]

8. Yep. The only one in history that did not is a biggie.

John Clerk Maxwell is considered by many to be the greatest thinker of all time. He was a young prodigy, writing brilliant scientific papers in his teens. He finished his schooling at something like 12 years old.

[Karadeniz]

6. Parenting a genius...difficult...not many how-to books!

[Blue_true]

10. Too many parents end up damaging the child.

They push too hard or don't slow the child down so that he or she enjoys childhood.

[Sugar Smack]

9. "...2020!"

[JudyM]

11. There's a good model for that artificial heart sitting in the White House.

[ooky]

12. When I saw the heading I thought it was going to be about Trump.

Smart kid.