Sam Heughan

Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.

Scottish Actor

Renee Elise Goldsberry

My kids make me laugh every single day - especially when they're their most precocious. My son said to me the other day, 'Why are you so dramatic?' And I just thought, 'Really? You know that word? And also, you've already noticed how dramatic I am?' That just really made me laugh.

American Actress

Pablo Picasso

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.

Spanish Painter

Ari Graynor

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

Ann Hood

I have a fondness for writing about precocious, troubled teenagers, who are alienating, but kind of endearing. It's from remembering so clearly that time in my own life. I experienced myself as more dramatically troubled than I was, but I just remember how it felt.

American Novelist

Natasha Rothwell

I've always been kind of precocious, but my journey sort of solidified when I was in college and majored in theater. That's how I knew I wanted to spend my life writing, telling, and performing stories.

Rene Cassin

I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life - with a somewhat precocious capacity for involvement.

French Judge

Neil Patrick Harris

Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me.

American Actor

Hailey Gates

I was, like, a really embarrassing, precocious child.

American Journalist

Norman Spinrad

American Author

Used to describe children with exceptional skill or intelligence, beyond typical development stages.

Child Prodigies

Sometimes implies the child's development is uneven, excelling in some areas but not in others.

Not Always Positive

When labeling someone precocious, consider it might affect how they're treated by peers.

Social Implications

It can refer to not just intellect, but also emotional or social maturity in youth.

Beyond Intelligence

Precociousness can be seen as impressive or worrisome; adults may worry about a child's loss of innocence.

Admiration or Concern

In botany or zoology, it describes early development compared to norms for a species or variety.

Technical Usage

Often attributed to external conditions like weather influencing plant or animal development.

Environmental Factors

 This is research from a world-class music academy, and what I want to draw your attention to is the exceptional musicians didn't start spending more time in deliberate practice than the average musicians until their third instrument. They, too, tended to have a sampling period, even musicians we think of as famously precocious,

Why specializing early...

 in the hopes that they might find a use for his innovative, new communication method. There, a precocious teen by the name of Louis Braille does just that. Louis spends the next several years improving on Barbier's idea,

How Braille was invented...

 than our lives although materially poorer their children are often perhaps usually more self-confident more independent more socially skilled more precocious than