I have big problems; please help me.

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Originally posted by Lemur
I'm already raising my son to be a terrible geek. I bought him some Roman action figures, and told him who they were. You know how little kids are; they can learn things faster than you can speak them.

He freaked out an adult who looked at the toys by saying, "This is a centurion. That's just a legionary. This is Caesar." He's five, mind you.

I am a terrible father.

Actually pedagogically speaking the age between 3 and 8 is the best to start something - this is how these girls become World Class Professional Chess players... Their father Lazlo Polgar made a living experiment out of them in proving that *geniuses are made and not born*. This isnt exactly as it sounds, because Mr Polgar was smart enough to look for the predispositions in his daugters and when he noticed the elder one being interested in chess at an early age he made his house a full chess club (in which RFischer was often invited while in Budapest).

This has also long been observed in martial arts - the kids of headinstructors that get black belts at 12 can never be reached by other people usually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polgar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zs%C3%B3fia_Polg%C3%A1r
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar