Surely, it’s silly question – the answer is ‘both’. But what if you couldn’t have both? What if you could have a child who was good, but not particularly smart, or smart but not particularly good?
Thinking music …
If you said ‘smart’, stop reading now. This article isn’t for you. But if you eventually said ‘good’, then that may possibly create a bit of a seismic shift in how you see some parts of your child’s future.
All of those flash cards, toddler extension games and brain extension activity – what if the concepts of sharing and playing nicely trumped them every time? All of those schools you were looking at sending your child to … what if their social service and pastoral care suddenly became just as, or more, important than their NAPLAN results or gifted programmes?
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