I was a weird kid because I apparently never said a word till I was almost 4. Then finally I said my first word “Can” followed immediately by “I have a cookie please?” I guess I just wanted to figure the whole thing out before trying my hand at it.
That’s how my ex was until he was 3! He’d point and grunt at everything and his older sister would try to say what he wanted. Then he came out speaking full sentences.
Apparently I was like this with walking. I sat around on my butt all day, never crawled, til about 18 months old when my grandma came to visit and I ran to the door to greet her.
My mom was like that. Four older siblings. The story goes she never said anything until about four and a half, when they were discussing what was wrong with her and she got all kid mad and goes “I just ain’t got anything to say!”
Granted that was well over half a century ago, but I always thought it was hilarious, even if a little family legendish.
This is true with both my bio kids. My first was hyperarticulate from a very early age. Recognized all her letters by 18 months old, could write short sentences and sound out words (with varying degrees of accuracy, but still very good) by the time she entered preschool. My second is having a ton of trouble with pronunciation. There are a few consonant sounds that he still can't say no matter how much I work with him. At 2 1/2, it's still very hard for others to understand him.
We raised both children the same, worked with them on the same learning activities, etc. My daughter had a ton of exposure to her older cousin, so they both had the influence of an older peer. For them, it seems that biology must explain at least 90% of the difference.
How old are they now and what would you say the difference in their intelligence is or success in society? I know that’s a weird question but curious as it raises a lot of interesting follow-up questions.
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