Superkid

WHEN Kali Grosvenor was nine years old, back in 1970, she achieved a level of celebrity as a superkid. Her first book, Poems by Kali, had been published by a major firm (Doubleday) and was selling at the rate of 1,000 copies a week […]

Elkind appealed to parents prone to live for and through their child's accomplishments to give up their vain desire for a superkid, refrain from exaggerating the child's competence, and stop rushing and pushing the child into adulthood.