If children can already count at the age of three and are among the high-flyers in elementary school, the suspicion quickly arises: the child is gifted!
It is not uncommon for parents to suspect that they have above-average talent when their child is bored at school or disrupts lessons because it is apparently under-challenged.
But it's not that simple.
People with an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 130 or more are considered highly gifted, so their cognitive performance is particularly high.
Only around two percent of the population have such a high IQ.
But how can parents tell whether their offspring is one of the few exceptions?
Families cannot avoid detailed tests - but there are characteristics which, if they accumulate, can already indicate giftedness.