9-Year-Old Working On College Degree

[mad1]

As Tanishq Abraham explains the Higgs Boson to me, what's surprising me most is how natural it seems coming from his mouth.

At 9 years old, Tanishq is already well on his way to completing a college degree. It will be the first, I'm certain, of many.

"A typical comment is that we are really pushing him," laughed his father Bijou. "He's pushing us."


His mother agreed. The prodigy's parents said they had not intended to home-school Tanishq, but when public schools couldn't keep up with his voracious intellect, they had to give it a try.

"People think we want all these thing, but it's his passion. This is what he loves," mother Taji Abraham said.

And what he loves is learning. It's a love that's often put him at the head of his classes at American River College, and often literally put him in front of those classes too. Tanishq has given guest lectures on everything from paleontology to astronomy.

"I don't mind interacting with other college students," said the 9-year-old. "I like it."

Prodigy! Natomas 9-Year-Old Working On College Degree - KTXL

Lets say the parents are not pushing him, is there a point at which slowing him down would be of benefit? Or should they make sure that he interacts with children of his own age in activities that children of his age are engaged in? Will he look back at some later time and realize that he missed his childhood?

[GroundZero3]

Doogie Howser turned out all right

[tony_j15]

Lets say the parents are not pushing him, is there a point at which slowing him down would be of benefit? Or should they make sure that he interacts with children of his own age in activities that children of his age are engaged in? Will he look back at some later time and realize that he missed his childhood?

All these question to me seem to be based on fear of difference and a desire to impress conformity. Not saying that's what you meant at all, but that is what they imply to me.
IMO, we should never try to hold back children or force them to go through the brainwashing prison that is the US public school system. If a parent is willing to take on the responsibility or hire in a tutor then so much the better.

[mad1]

All these question to me seem to be based on fear of difference and a desire to impress conformity. Not saying that's what you meant at all, but that is what they imply to me.
IMO, we should never try to hold back children or force them to go through the brainwashing prison that is the US public school system. If a parent is willing to take on the responsibility or hire in a tutor then so much the better.

I was looking at the social aspects of this situation. Will this child have difficulty socializing later in life. I know several people that were moved up one grade, no big deal. This child is bypassing Jr.high and High School, that is a little different.

In the state where I live there is a social network for home schooled children. This allows them to have the same activities as any other child of there age. My daughters have played basketball against a team of kids that are home schooled.

[Epidemic]

All these question to me seem to be based on fear of difference and a desire to impress conformity. Not saying that's what you meant at all, but that is what they imply to me.
IMO, we should never try to hold back children or force them to go through the brainwashing prison that is the US public school system. If a parent is willing to take on the responsibility or hire in a tutor then so much the better.

I don't know how important socialization is in the end.

Do these prodigies usually go far in their fields? What is the typical outcome of them graduating years before other students? Do they really outshine their peers in the end?