Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.
Contents
The Icarus effect -- The baby genius edutainment complex : the new smart baby products -- The educated infant : classes for an improved childhood -- Child's play or child labor? : preprofessional kids -- Gifted and left behind : enrichment in the public schools -- Gurus of giftedness : intelligence testing and talent by other measures -- Extreme parenting : mothers and fathers as the ultimate instructors -- Youth competitors : youth contests for good and for ill -- Children of God : the teen preaching tournaments -- The prodigy hunters : math whiz kids become Wall Street recruits -- Rethinking giftedness : against perfection.