What Skill or Talent Does Your Child Have That Is Unbelievably Good?

My five year old can add three digit numbers, subtract two digit numbers, and multiply two digit numbers all in his head. He can usually come up with the answer faster than I can!

My 2.5 year old seems to be musically inclined. She can usually sing the words to a song after hearing it once or twice. I'm hoping this means she'll be good at the piano when she's bigger!

My children are both very talented musicians. He plays sax and loves to play jazz. She plays trumpet and prefers classical and marches. They both sight read music extremely well and can perfect a piece very quickly.
My son is the writer. My daughter is the mathematician. She is also my "old soul" and reads people better than anyone I've ever known. He, on the other hand, just wants to be friends with everyone...
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My sons artistic. Especially in drawing. He has the ability to look at something and then draw it perfectly..It is wonderful as it has always been part of my family. My Dad is a watercolorist, my Aunt and Grandmother were both painters, and I'm a sketcher. However, my son is far more detailed then I ever could be..

My adult son is gifted with pencil drawing. If I need a pair of ballet slippers, a map or body parts for class, he can whip it out in about 10 minutes.

He is also a good reader of people. When he was about 12, he told me, mama, that lady does not like you (we were at her house for a dinner party while living overseas).

I was amazed that he picked up nonverbal clues that I had vaguely suspected.

I love him--sooooo much.

To you moms, who apologize after saying your child's gift--don't apologize--she asked us to brag. If someone gets sour, then they must have NOTHING good to say about their child. For once, it was actually requested this time!

Awe, I love this post. Focus. My six year old has been reading since 3 and her comprehension is markedly wicked. Makes for incredible conversations. She has more patience and better focus than I do. This can be amazing and a little frustrating for this energetic mom.

I think we should brag more about our children. Love reading about the gift little people bring.

All my kids are good at something but our middle child, a boy age 7, amazes his father and I on a daily basis! He is supremely gifted in Math & Science (taught himself basic Algebra this year, all by himself) but what really gets us is his ear for music! He has taught himself to play the drums, which is cool but cooler than that he can hear a song 1x and memorize all the chords and lyrics...he is my mini radio and I LOVE it!

~His Father has an amazing brain. He is a computer programmer and can win at Jeopardy every time...it appears my middle child has inherited his Father's brain, which is awesome as long as he doesn't have to remember what he had for breakfast or where he left is shoes. Ha!

My son, 6 years old has, since about a year old or so taught himself how to use and/or manipulate any electronic device. He's autistic and taught himself how to read by turning on the closed-captioning w/o anyone either demonstrating how to or what that even is. He has reprogrammed my laptop a few times and luckily I've always been able to restore it to where I like it. There's no way for us to know what he does or does not know for certain because he teaches himself concepts and how-to things faster than we can keep up with what we know he knows.

Now, please don't take this as me stating he is in any way a savant because of course he is not. My son just happens to be one smart boy who has a thing for electronics & at the same time the ability to teach himself things neither his teachers nor I can.

Does manipulating my husband count? ;-) I swear, if there's ever anything I can't convince me husband to do, my son can by using his cuteness and big brown eyes to turn my husband to goo.

My kids are a little older, but they have some great talents. My younger son can play any song he hears on the piano or keyboard, and can draw an amazing likeness of just about anything. He's also a great athlete and will be running for college next year. My older son taught himself how to read music and play the piano, and was playing Beethoven music after a couple of weeks. He also is a great athlete and is running in college at the Division 1 level. They're not anything like super gifted or savants or olympians (yet!), but I sure am proud of their accomplishments! Now before I sound too braggy, my younger one has lost his wallet 3 times, which means three trips to the DMV to replace his license, and my older one once swallowed a pen cap at school (yes, a pen cap) and smashed a spider on his window with an unabridged dictionary!

Our middle child,daughter, has an amazing capacity to love others...see the soul and not the outer shell with its' limitations. Her best friend is a boy who has Aspergers. She protects him from kids that sneer and make fun of him. She helps keep him on task at school. Teachers, the administrators, his IEP team, and his psychologist all know her...and say she has helped him so much to grow and thrive at school. She knows when to help him..and when to pull back and let him branch out. She is so compassionate to those in need and is always looking to bring joy and comfort to others. Oh...she embodies true goodness.

Our oldest has a talent that will someday make money....and it is his passion. He is in 7th grade and has an amazing mind when it comes to the performing arts. He plays multiple instruments and is begging to learn piano and flute over the summer..what kid asks that?? He has already earned a Rotary Music scholarship and is going to Japan as an exchange student next school year. He was selected because he knocked the socks off the Board of Directors with his comedy skit he memorized and recited to them. He knows how to work a crowd. Has dozens of Brian Regan and Bill Cosby skits memorized. Our house is always rocking because of the music he is playing at all hours of the day...but we tell him no drums past 6pm...the neighbors need some down time! He is very honest and compassionate as well...a sweet,loving 13 year old.

Our youngest is unbelievable good....just so good natured. He makes friends wherever he goes. He is very aware of other's feelings and likes to make people happy if they are sad or are having a bad day. He engages with adults as well as kids and will pay compliments to both. Not a week passes that an adult doesn't come up and tell me some sweet story about our son's interaction with them or their child. He is an awesome swimmer at age 6...this kid has a butterfly stroke that is just amazing. He made championship team at age 4 and 5. He must be 1/2 fish!!

Thanks for this moment to reflect on the goodness of my kids.

I always tell them to try their hardest in their academics...but what will help most in life is getting along with others and being respectful. That is what I am most proud of..not so much the A in Science.

My ten year old son can sing, act and perform. He sings in choirs, sings in musical theatre and sings solo. He has no fear of public speaking. I don't know where it comes from because there is no one else in the family who sings or acts, and he has had no training other than at school. My seven year old has amazing people skills, and he is a natural athlete. He is everybody's best friend and excels at every sport he tries.

My 12 year old is an incredible inventor and builder. He's constantly building things with old electronics. He's made robots, clocks, flashlights, solar powered battery chargers, little generators, and tons of other things. He told me a few weeks ago that he wants to invent a fishing reel that winds itself for handicapped kids. He wants to be an engineer when he grows up. He also comes up with the most hilarious jokes off the cuff. :-)

Taught yes... but picked it up quickly: my son plays the accordion really well and has got 30 songs memorized and they are difficult ones like Sharpshooter, Schneewalzer.. etc...

Not only does he have a remarkable memory and talent for music, but for a myriad of other things and reads and comprehends beyond that of a 6th grader. E.g. he's read Paris 1919, FDR's New Deal, Ronald Reagan, Ghandi... and is now reading a book about Buddha, and he can tell you detail for detail what the books are about..

He is also naturally a really good Chess player..

My 6yo daughter is unbelievably creative. This astounds me because I am so so not creative. And she is hyper verbal and remembers words/dialogue better than I do. Amazing.

We haven't yet identified the amazing natural talent for our 3yo, yet. But she is fearless and oh-so-confident, so that might be it.

My oldest son doesn't have a particular skill or talent, but he's very well-rounded--exceeds in school, plays baseball well, plays two musical instruments and has volunteered for public speaking opportunities. He will be inducted into the National Honor Society tonight. My younger son is less "well-rounded," but he's a natural public speaker and actor. He has NO stage fright and can even do accents. Although my husband and I are both former high school debaters and now attorneys so we have public speaking experience we were both very shy and introverted as children. We don't know where this comes from! Thanks for asking!

My DD never ceases to amaze me. She is an excellent student and is so organized with her studies it scares me sometimes. She is naturally very clumbsy (Aspergers) and after taking dance and karate for many years she has really gained control of her body. Watching her perfomances in both fields leaves us agasp at how talented she has become.

DS has a very unique mind. He's brilliant, and all attempts to measure his capacity have failed because he always finds a way to undermine the test leaving his educators saying "Wow, never had THAT happen before." He can memorize anything at the drop of a hat, and always has a different approach to problems. He speaks differently, thinks differently, and unfortunately kids target him because he comes across as very odd. But he never-ending happy-go-lucky personality helps him not get bogged down by negative treatment he receives. His music teacher just told me the other day that he is bound for something great, as she's never seen a mind work like his. He's got a whole different level of creativity that needs to be nurtured. Left me feeling pretty good, but also a bit panicked as I'm not sure how to proceed with this nuturing he needs. She said she'd help me out though!

I believe that ALL children have some aspect about them that is special. I've never met a dull child!

My five year old is insanely musical. He can sing (unlike his parents) and carry a near perfect rhythm. He has a box of musical toys and will go into his room, turn on his little stereo and "drum" along with the music. My MIL bought the stereo for him last Christmas, along with some "classic" children's music and he LOVES to listen, play along and sing.

My one year old... we'll see, but I'm thinking she'll be a negotiator some day!

My daughter is just good at life in general. She's very vibrant and full of life. so much more so than most other children.
My son, he's got the brain of an engineer, he's always building or designing something. and he eats books. big thick books. Just last week he finished Harry potter and the goblet of fire. that thing is about 700 pages long. 700!!!!!

I don't know that this is an acknowledged skill, but my son is very good at making people feel very, very loved and special when he's with them. (Not always, but this is true a lot, esp. with people who aren't immediate family.) He can build just about any sort of creation with found objects and is great at keeping himself happy and busy.... which I have discovered over my life isn't a talent that is universal. I rarely hear "I'm bored" from him: it's more that I hear "mom, where is the tape/scissors/fasteners" or "could you give me a print-out of X so that I could have a reference for drawing?".

Unbelievably good? I don't know... as a mom, am I really proud? Yep! I've got a pretty terrific 6 year old. I imagine a lot of us feel that way about our kids!

My 5 year old is amazing at math. Like, he can multiply and add and subtract. At first I thought he was guessing and getting lucky, but it has become clear that he can actually multiply things like 6 times 5 and get the right answer somehow. It's a total mystery to me!

I read the answers & WOW. We are a society of talented children. All children are special & maybe don't realize it yet. I have one daughter & one grandson. My daughter was a beautiful dancer & skater. She was good at any sport that she tried. When she was accepted into a Center for the Arts High School, her teachers asked if it was for drama or her writing skills. They had no idea that it was for dance. My grandson (7) is also good at any sport he tries. However, he has 2 very special skills that are unique. He can watch a movie & remember almost every line in it. He plays a game with some of his teachers & me. He will quote a line & we have to quess the movie. He is also very polite & nice to everyone, but is drawn to elderly people to make them smile. It is almost his quest in life to make people happy. I have been told from moms at karate that they have brought people with them just to meet him, because he is so funny. (He just earned his orange belt & is very proud) Thanks for letting me brag !!

Daughter (7) Natural: building and engineering little machines and contraptions that work and inventing crafts all form found objects. Taught: Piano is good, but violin is GREAT. Tae Kwon Do student of the year-excellent forms and no fear of competition.

Son (5) Uses with words in an intelligent and poetic way. Great at reading and understanding underlying meanings to things.
He's starting to come up with some pretty cool songs he's written. Great at checkers-he can sometimes beat me even if I don't let him win.

Daughter (3) Dancing-she's got the moves and always has.

Thanks for chance to brag! Your storyteller sounds fabulous!

My daughter is an artist. I am in constant awe of her creative little brain. She can take just about anything and make an art project out of it. Her drawings are amazing and so detailed. Same with her paintings. We watched a documentary on Jackson Pollock a little while ago and now she is all about experimenting with dripping and throwing paint.
And the stuff she knows about art is astounding. Yesterday she said she wants to do some" mixed media pieces" (her words- she's 7). How in the world she knew what mixed media is I have no idea.
I'm pretty sure she is going to do something in the arts when she grows up.

My older daughter seems to have a knack for learning musical instruments quickly. She passed my other daughter in learning piano, and my other daughter was the one taking private lessons. My older one just learned in band in school. She has also picked up guitar very quickly, but the thing that really amazes me that she does is song-writing. I am blown away by the songs she has written. They flow, make sense musically and lyrically, and are pleasing to hear. Several of them I could totally imaging hearing on the radio some day. I hope I do! My younger daughter doesn't actually like a lot of sports, but when she tries one, she picks it up very quickly. She also does things in gymnastics - the one sport she truly loves - that simply amaze me!