The Joy of Being Gifted

If it takes tutoring for a 3 year old to be listed as gifted, they aren't:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/nyregion/01gifted.html?hpw

A parent or teacher who can believe a child at the age of 3 can be intellectually determined is obviously lacking some intellectual content themselves. It is tragic to read what children must endure in order to assuage their parents' ego and insecurities about their own intellectual levels. It doesn't say much about the credibility of their own education if a parent can believe their child's intellectual capabilities can be bought. At some point a child should be able to read, write and do math; the expectation that a 3 year old should be fully capable or somehow on the road to such capabilities is a naive grasp of childhood development. It is very sad to think parents would invest money in a tutoring program rather than just spend some time with their offspring to see for themselves what incredible kids they have.