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horselady | 10:59 Sun 20th Aug 2017 | Film, Media & TV
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Sorry if there's already a thread on this, couldn't see one. What did you think? made me a bit uncomfortable at times. Worthy winner?
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I've only watched a few minutes of Child Genius and was put off by some of the parents. Then I listened, yesterday, to Richard Osman talking about the children...what they get from it.....and what they get from meeting children who are as gifted.....and, better still, more gifted than they are.... Having worked with children of all abilities I know how a...
11:21 Sun 20th Aug 2017
i watched it last year and there was a brother and sister, the brother looking like he was plotting murder ...
There was a boy who went out and the dad more or less said "oh well, i'll cut my losses and train your younger brother instead"
I saw bits of an earlier series several years ago. It made for very uncomfortable viewing...some due to editing I'm sure. I've not bothered since.
Thanks, Jno....that makes interesting reading....x

And thank you for BA, Horselady......your post also made me look more at this programme and decide, despite what Richard Osman has said, that it's quite damaging.....x
What I didn't understand was the mother of Joshua claiming that he could do jigsaws practically from a baby. How?
I didn't watch the show because the format doesn't interest me in the slightest.

However, in my view, any programme that results in a child crying on camera is seriously wrong on numerous levels.

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