Are kids who have early milestones sooner than their peers the ones who have higher academic ability later on?

Answer 1

Motor skills are controlled by a completely seperate part of the brain from language or memory so it might mean they will be strong children or even athletic, if they have good hand-eye coordination, but these things all develop at differnet rates and aren't usually on a continuous course either.

So basicly, there are far too many variables to say an "early milestone" infant will be an acceptional student. However, if he or she is showing signs of understanding and problem-solving abilties at an early age, then you might just have a very smart little one on your hands.

However, high intelligence doesn't neccessarily mean that the child will do well in shcool. The school system relies heavily on conformity and really smart kids don't normally do well in such environments.

My son has lots of trouble in school. The school actually asked me to have him evaluated for ADD/ADHD because he was so disinterested in the classroom. We had him tested at a child psychologist for learning disablities and intelligence and it turns out he's in the very high intelligence range, the highest aptitude, very high retention, but with only an average attention span so he gets bored very easily in school. (I think the teachers were actually disappointed to hear that he didn't have ADD/ADHD and that he would not be medicated like so many of the students are and make their lives easier.)

He's in fourth grade now and we're just now able to keep him on track at school, but he still has social problems with other kids because they think he's weird, since they don't understand the concepts he does. He gets along great with older kids, but really struggles with kids his own age.... it's very sad. Despite our trying hard to get him to participate in peer group activities, the other kids still don't accept him easily. Hopefully it will become easier as he gets older.

So if I were you, I'd be happy with a nice average baby, with normal social abilites and normal intelligence, like my dughter.... she's every teacher's dream, does super in school and every student wants to be her friend.

It's so much nicer to hear praise from the teachers, than fighting the system all the time for my son.

Answer 2

Not necessarily. Milestones are just an average age children are doing things. Some kids do some things early, others do it later, while they might do a different task earlier than the kid who did the original task first. It has nothing to do with your childs future academic abilities.

Answer 3

I don't actually believe that. My mom had 4 kids, 3 who walked by 10 months, 2 who spoke sentances by 18 months....and the ones of us who accomplished things the earliest did not do as well in school as the 2 who were late talkers ect. I think every child is different, throughout their entire childhood. One child might walk "early" or talk "early" but i don't think that really has a lot to do with later on in school. I say just give your kids the best start possible, and get them help if they need it, with whatever they need so hopefully they do well in academics :-)

Answer 4

i do not learn about what number childrens you may have in a unmarried delivery, the utmost i have heard of is 8 (octuplets) Hypothetically, a woman might want to have like 20 childrens, e.g. if she had her first era @ 12 or thirteen, has her first newborn at 14 and then incorporates on having them at one, 2 or 3 3 hundred and sixty 5 days periods, by technique of the time she had the menopause (50ish) she might want to have like thirteen-26 childrens! She might want to likely die of a few type of issues for the period of delivery earlier that age regardless of the reality that, highly if she became popping them out each 3 hundred and sixty 5 days!

Answer 5

Early milestone achievement is nothing more than a reason to brag for the parents. Sorry to bust your bubble.

Answer 6

No guarantee - only god knows- you can only help by guiding child the best you can to what suits them best ... read & play positively as early as possible all contributes to overall health & development... no support or love child can't be the best they can be. Criticism & stress all kills child psyche to achieve no matter what challenges they face...Don't expect too much. It's their life not yours.
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Answer 7

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I don't think so. My sister's son could read at 3 y.o. and doesn't do all that great academically at 6 y.o.