I Want a Prodigy Child
Parents want the very best for their kids, but sometimes this may turn into a tragedy. In the Chicago Tribune, "Pushy Parents Don't Always Get Fairy-Tale Ending" Dawn Turner Trice tells about the story of an eight-year-old Justin Chapman and his mom Elizabeth who claims that Justin was an Einstein-level genius. Justin's SAT score was perfect and his IQ level was close to 300. With a mind like this, she couldn't put it to waste, so she then enrolled him in college when he was only six years old and they traveled the country giving speeches. Justin then developed a hearing disorder and they moved to Colorado to receive better treatment. He began to throw temper tantrums, stopped doing his homework, and said he wanted to kill himself. Last November when the psychiatric ward wanted to prove how smart Justin really was, his mom confessed: she had faked most of Justin's exam results. Trice's main argument in the article is how far parents should push their kids to success and when to stop before destruction happens. Most kids who grow up with pushy parents grow up to resent them. They might become distant from them during their teenage years, and the rebellion starts. Justin's story was very similar, but it happened at an ear
This often leads to psychological issues. Children also want to fit in with their peers. Justin is now in foster care, and his mom has been charged with neglect. Children begin to feel confined and they cannot be children anymore. We want the best for our children, but we don't want to damage them either. There are vitamins you can take to increase the chances of having a smart baby. The music industry is booming where soon to be parents buy classical music, and play it while they are pregnant. Parents hope that by pushing their kids to the limit, their kids will succeed like the William sisters and Woods. Now she has it taken away from her. This would be the "perfect" life, but if you think about it there is no such thing as perfect. Parents regret not participating in sports, not doing in well in school, or not being evolved in extracurricular activities. This is all done in hopes of having intelligent children.
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