A precocious child who is “mature before it’s time” knows better than to pee on museum objects (even at 4 yrs. old) It could have resulted in serious damage to a priceless object. Not exactly the sign of a budding genius ~~
Committing vandalism like that is NOT the sign of a super intelligent or precocious child (THEY actually have the intelligence and maturity to control themselves) but rather the sign of a spoiled brat who was indulged way too much.
And to still be proud of that while an adult, simply illustrates my point. (This is the second or third time you’ve written proudly about this RDG, as if it reveals something exceptional about a child who would resort to that for attention.)Maybe the time has come to quit being so proud of it.
I hate to break it to you, but it does not reveal exceptionally high intelligence, but rather the opposite. It’s attention seeking vandalism from a kid very used to getting away with crap like that, nothing more.
I have encountered numerous highly intelligent children during my teaching years and they were far too intelligent to pull something like that.
I totally agree with the last sentence in the post by @Dutchess, and I quote: “I hate when parents call their misbehaving brats ‘strong willed’ BS They’re spoiled.”
And I would merely add: and certainly not more intelligent than other kids, and likely less.