Are the children of the twenty-first century all gifted?

Lonely, hypersensitive, no class ... And if the child was premature? This is the secret hope of many parents, more often reinforced by their readings or diagnosis of psychologists.

At the restaurant, on vacation, at the coffee machine, it is a bit always the same refrain: "Mine, I think it is premature. "The mine which accompanies conscious, oscillates between pride and despair. All parents will know what it is.

previously unknown disease, the "early" now gangrene families, schools and offices shrink. Its most common symptoms? Intolerance to frustration, rejection of authority and denial of school learning.

"People are convinced that the more the child is unbearable and no one at school, it means more of giftedness. But it's wrong ! "Claire Meljac, a psychologist at the unit psychopathology of children and adolescents in the Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris, does not mince words. Like all the psychologists, she saw the new "evil" spread in fifteen years. "I witnessed the birth of the epidemic, she squeaks.

The guilt of the parents was a great provider of gifted children. "Remis involved when their child is not perfect, some parents have found a miracle cure: he is too smart!

Yet all professionals affirm: there shall be no increase in the ratio of the population affected by the virus early. Since we calculate the intelligence quotient (IQ), that is to say, since in 1903 Alfred Binet, the inventor of psychometrics, had the idea to estimate the mental age of the pupils, and divide by age ...

What do you think??