I was wondering what info the SD-ers might be able to help me dig up about the impact of rushing prodigy children into adulthood (i.e.: in college by age 10-12, etc.) too quickly…and sacrificing various leisures of childhood and adolescence? For example, has any study shown they are more susceptible to suffer a mid-life crisis or “burn-out” from the pressures to perform? Are they more prone to nervous breakdowns, etc.?
This is just a personal curiosity of mine…
I can tell you that one way to screw them up is to bore them. Exceptional children can get into a lot of bad habits if they have to entertain themselves. I have seen kids who were genius IQ start to fail classes that moved too slow.
I never seem to hear about the super geniuses after 60 minutes does a feature on them. They must be kidnapped by the illuminati to foster their world domination and figure ou thow to put secret messages on our currency.
http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,160947-412,00.shtml
Adragon De Mello. Graduated college at 11. Foster home, nutso father, still riding a bike with training wheels at 8.
I wish I cold find the article that arreared in the San Jose Mercury, it was much more detailed. When that article camout it said he was playing softball and working parttime. This one says he’s becoming a house painting appraiser.