Mum knows best

I was talking to a mum the other day about her 5 year old who started school this year. Mum was called into the classroom by the teacher, who informed her that her child had a learning difficulty and would need to repeat Kindy next year. Mum was shocked as her child had completed all the developmental skills that we had given her, with ease. In fact Mum thought that her child was very bright.

The mother then had the child assessed. The OT found that the child had very flexible fingers and needed a special pencil. When all other assessments had been completed, she was told that the child presented in the superior range but was not being stimulated enough in class. Mum was also asked to have the child assessed for giftedness in three years time.

The school was amazed but funnily enough the Principal said that often very bright children fall through the cracks.

Have any of you had or heard of an experience like this?

Are some children born bad?

I saw with great concern a segment on TV's kerri-anne Show last week. It was about a recent study in the U.K. claiming that some children could be born to be bad. Other studies claim to have identified a possible "violance Gene"

I cannot agree with these findings. All children are born to be good.

Read about Developmental Skills Tensions in first18months.com.au/node/217

What do you think?

Are some children born bad?