> Surely you can see the damage this would do to the majority of children currently being told they are "gifted"?

We don't have to call it "gifted", we can call it "accelerated" or "ahead of their age" or whatever else you want

The point is that while they may not become exceptional adults, if they are exceptional for an 8 year old it is doing them a disservice to keep them at the same level as all of the other kids their age

> Being "gifted" until the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade would psychologically cripple a lot of these kids through high school

I don't think you can claim this without evidence.

And no, people whine-blogging online about being a former gifted kid and now a depressed and anxious failure is not evidence