is this normal for 5 year old boy

**Posts:** 14 · by **tomthumb** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:14 am

wasn't really sure where to post this but just curious on other parents views on my son.

It is nothing bad for a change, but my lad seems to be very clever and I just wondered if what he was like was similar to other parents etc.

He just seems to pick up things really easily, and to be honest he is a lovely lad who is naughty and doesn't really work hard at all but likes messing about, he always actually wants to be the clown of the class and make people life.

But even though he is like this and a day dreamer he is top of his class for everything against other boys etc who are really pushed by their parents and work on them at this.

He has got kind of cocky about reading and when given a new book, we read it to him once and he knows it the second time around, this is even when he is put on a higher level each time, even the teacher looks a bit perplexed at how quick he seems to grasp things. Could do the alphabet after a few goes.

He also comes out with stuff that amazes me sometimes like how did he know that, he even taught me something on the PC the other day that was a short cut that i had not shown him, I said how did you know that he said just taught himself.

He plays on the club penguin website and the other day I noticed that he was in his friends account, apparently his friends have told them there passwords and account details and he has somehow remembered them all.

Other things as well - he had never had a bike without the stabilizers before and we were at a friends house and he got on an adults bike and started riding around like he had rode bikes all his life.

Does anyone else have kids like this - I am beginning to think he is an alien?

**Posts:** 584 · by **gwen** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:15 pm

Kids are aliens. I have a four and a half year old and he amazes me all the time. The other day he told me I needed to be patient with him. When I told him that I was becoming a little impatient, he told me to focus. The information they process is inconceivable to us. I forget my little guy is so young, the memory of an elephant. Most have though. They are like sponges.
Your little man seems exceptional and it seems that he is beginning to test his boundaries. Discipline is really important now. I know it sounds harsh but all children need to have limits too. The last thing they need is a "label." He may or maybe has become bored at school as he seems to absorb info so quickly. Talk to his teacher. His/her perspective may help too. I hope that helped

**Posts:** 14 · by **tomthumb** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:51 am

Thanks for reply Gwen

Yes I hadn't thought of it like that perhaps he does get bored with things easily, the teacher says he is not a naughty kid but does alot of silly things all the time, possibly for attention. Both me and his mum are fairly intelligent but by no means super intelligent so we don't really understand where he gets it from and if we need to do more with him etc.

We have a daughter who is 11 now and we know through bringing her up that he is very bright as she was nowhere near his levels - he has always be so easy to teach though and finds things so easy, its typical really as my daughter works really hard, alot harder than him, but she never got anywhere near to his level. Yet he just wants to mess around all the time and is very unfocused on what he is doing, but then he just amazes you by picking it up so easily.

Now I think back I always remember other parents being suprised at how advanced he was when he was a baby in things like his eating and talking etc.

He still asks daft kiddy questions though, he asked my wife the other day if she were to die suddenly, would someone else in the house know where she hides all the sweets - Bless nice to know they care!

**Posts:** 584 · by **gwen** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:41 pm

My guy asked my mother when she died did she want to be planted or spread (ashes). I am glad she laughed.
Your son does seem very bright, but with that comes a lot of responsibility from the parents. Some get their children tested by Mensa and if the child doesn't do well, there is disappointment all round as if he didn't live up to your expectations. Then there is the child that gets the piece of paper declaring him/her considerably more intelligent than the average Joe. What then?
The IQ is a test designed over 100 years ago. Does this really hold much ground in today's society?
I believe that intelligence has to be gauged over several areas of the thought process. This is the more standard belief today... or at least should be. The most "intelligent" people I know find plain old common sense an almost impossible grasp.
Your daughter might well do far better than your son. The years of hard work may show her what to expect when she is older. Your son may expect everything to come a lot easier to him, and if it doesn't, he mightn't have the skills to pick himself up.
The point I am trying to make is to forget how clever he is at processing information. Focus on the over all maturing experience. I believe boundaries are a good start.
By the way, it is a wonderful age. I have to agree. Never know what little notion they will come up with next

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