The nice thing about profoundly gifted kids is that you couldn't stop them from learning STEM topics if you wanted to. The hard thing about PG kids is that if

The nice thing about profoundly gifted kids is that you couldn't stop them from learning STEM topics if you wanted to. The hard thing about PG kids is that if it isn't interest led, it isn't happening. PG kids are way out ahead intellectually than they are emotionally. But it's like any person: mentors who challenge them, coaching on good and bad influences, and age appropriate social learning. I grew up in the country without internet, but similarly had 160 IQ at 4. I'd say nature was my favorite way to learn until I was 8: just walking around asking what and why about everything. I was unschooled though so I can't say what school experience would have been. As I got older, I struggled emotionally more, especially as a teenager. It turns out having #1 marks in your school is not how to win the social tournament. So I calibrated that mid 70s grades would be game theoretic optimum between parental disappointment and cool to friends. At 16 I essentially decided I was done with school, did two years in one and got a full time white collar job. At 18 I ran a business unit, etc. You couldn't stop me, that was the obsession. Around when I was 12 I realized most adults were too stupid to have much to offer. They couldn't really cope with how hard their lives were, and couldn't synthesize things beyond 3 month timescales. I just read hundreds of books trying to find adults who were ahead of me, and found it. But again, STEM wasn't the limit, philosophy, social sciences, religion, etc you can't can it up and try to Google engineer path someone that smart. It's very stressful being able to imagine worlds that could be but can't because people can't understand them and you can't patiently communicate it. That doesn't really end though. I think if they can read, curating intellectual age reading list of wide range of subjects including and beyond STEM would have been something I appreciated more. Also encourage creation, books are stimulation but what about writing? They will probably have adult STEM abilities including coding by like 14. So it's really going to be more about character, social and values education for the next little bit when you still have moral high ground. The hard point isn't how fast they think it's how different. They will be an island of one. I wish my parents helped me cope with that and I didn't have to feel like an island before I understood I wasn't normal. Hope this helps.