OMS‍ , I know what you mean. but it is a tricky one... If he wasn't being pushed to this level academically, he may have a lot of issues with boredom or behaviour to deal with and I expect his parents and teachers feel a duty to give him all the opportunities they can to explore his full potential. I guess it is better to be stimulated at a level appropriate to your intellect than to your age, as I expect he would be very bored by primary school level work, but it is a lot of pressure on a very young boy. The article says that he has a photographic memory, which may be great for memorising diagrams and equations etc, but may not necessarily translate to real life situations or any grey areas where you may have to compromise in some way to achieve a creative solution to a problem. The article points out that when not studying, he plays computer games like minecraft with his friends, but a lot of that sort of gaming is done online rather than face-to-face, so he may not really be developing the usual social skills that his 9 year old peers will be exploring at this time. I expect that he has probably spent a lot of his life surrounded by adults constantly telling him how special and clever he is, which is obviously true, but not necessarily a strong foundation for developing resilience, which is usually gained not from academic exposure, but by experiencing the usual failures and falling outs that are part and parcel of peer group dynamics growing up.

OMS‍ , I know what you mean. but it is a tricky one... If he wasn't being pushed to this level academically, he may have a lot of issues with boredom or behaviour to deal with and I expect his parents and teachers feel a duty to give him all the opportunities they can to explore his full potential. I guess it is better to be stimulated at a level appropriate to your intellect than to your age, as I expect he would be very bored by primary school level work, but it is a lot of pressure on a very young boy. The article says that he has a photographic memory, which may be great for memorising diagrams and equations etc, but may not necessarily translate to real life situations or any grey areas where you may have to compromise in some way to achieve a creative solution to a problem. The article points out that when not studying, he plays computer games like minecraft with his friends, but a lot of that sort of gaming is done online rather than face-to-face, so he may not really be developing the usual social skills that his 9 year old peers will be exploring at this time. I expect that he has probably spent a lot of his life surrounded by adults constantly telling him how special and clever he is, which is obviously true, but not necessarily a strong foundation for developing resilience, which is usually gained not from academic exposure, but by experiencing the usual failures and falling outs that are part and parcel of peer group dynamics growing up.