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@aegisheart I just want to tack onto this as another formerly-gifted child, that I didn't experience most of these things beyond what most teenagers experience, and I think it's because whenever I asked my parents what to do in any given scenario, they would emphasise to choose the things...

@spiritlead2013 That also makes sense because here in Germany, for example, there is almost no daycare available for kids under 1 year. I remember when we were looking for our first, the earliest we found offered was 10 months. It would be very hard to do an international study of babies in care...

@davida1949 I'm also Aussie and also wouldn't think much of this. As long as the kid seems happy and had a good time. I remember having baths with other kids til I was 7 or 8.

@pilgrim50 I've heard of giving kids 3 dollars when they're young and then whatever they put in savings gets doubled.

@raptureman2020 I'm very curious why you think she needs to understand sex before she is able to know who she's attracted to, yet (I'm guessing) wouldn't say the same to a kid who showed an interest in the opposite sex. I'm also interested to know why you as a parent haven't explained to her...

@davidg467 How long is a piece of string? There are as many reasons as there are controlling parents. Just a few I can think of: a wish to live vicariously through their children (and therefore only want them to do the things the parent/s themselves wanted to achieve) an inability to let go of...