Here is the Wimmers’ No. 1 rule to raising a social kid who can befriend anyone: “Let [kids] be who they are and just support it,” Mark says.
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He’s also a self-described extrovert who at age 11 won homecoming court for his high school sophomore class. His friends range from the kids he grew up with to the 20-somethings in his college classes at Carolina University, to adult co-workers.introversion and high IQsThey realize “he’s just a normal 14-year-old that happens to be able to do absolutely amazing things.
The Wimmers are proud of helping Mike ensure his “social skills were in line with his intellectual skills,” Mark says. “You’ve just constantly got to keep your finger on the pulse of how they’re growing and what they need.”Mark and Melissa discovered their son’s intelligence before he entered preschool — a child psychologist told them that Mike had literally maxed out her IQ scale — and concluded that a standard education curriculumSome parents in their position opt for homeschooling, shuddering at the idea of putting their 12-year-old in a room full of 18-year-olds.
“I wanted him to be able to be social and be able to handle all the different personalities in the classrooms with older children,” says Melissa. “Mike will be the first one to say that his parents never pushed him as far as academics go, but [that] they left no room for negotiating on his social skills.”
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