Raising a child prodigy presents unique challenges. Parents must nurture exceptional talent while ensuring a normal childhood ...

In the first few decades of the 20th century, child prodigies became national celebrities. Much like the movie stars, industrial titans and heavyweight champs of the day, their exploits were glorified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many parents may assume that helping their kids specialize early in life prepares them for successful careers, the latest ...

This week on the program, we've been talking to and about prodigies: children with extraordinary abilities far beyond their age. Yesterday, we talked about how hard it is to find the right balance, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Edmunds, a psychologist, librettist and the writer of "Perfect World," a musical that tells the story of literary child ...

Most parents want the best for their kids, especially if they come from a difficult background themselves. But it's all too easy to push kids too hard toward certain goals, particularly ones that have ...

At age 6, Mozart performed at the court of the Prince-elect Maximilian II of Bavaria. At age 8, Joy Foster represented Jamaica in table tennis at the Caribbean championships in Trinidad. What do the ...

You may have a leg up on the child prodigies who made you feel inadequate as a school kid. Despite outliers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a new analysis based on 19 studies involving 34,000 high ...

In the world of child prodigies, novelists are the rarest breed. Barbara Newhall Follett, born in Hanover, N.H., in 1914, fit the bill. By the time she was 9 years old she had completed her first ...