"Laurent Simons: Belgian child prodigy drops out of university"

[Nearly Sane]

Parents sound weird, though the email from the university sounds very strange


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50734000

[jeremyp]

Parents sound weird,

Parents sound like arseholes to me. Their actions show that they are clearly not thinking of their child's welfare but only of breaking a record.

[Nearly Sane]

Parents sound like arseholes to me. There actions show that they are clearly not thinking of their child's welfare but only of breaking a record.

Yep, that's a better take.

[Roses]

I feel so sorry for that poor kid, he seems to have very pushy parents and is living a far from normal childhood.

Our three birth daughters are very intelligent, whilst their academic studies were important to us, we ensured they had a good childhood.