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Mason Kennedy

(62 posts) Tue Feb 19, 2013, 11:06 AM Feb 2013

Beyonce Knowles: My one year old daughter already knows how to read [View all]

Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy, is a genius. The child was born in January, 2012.

The claim was made by Beyonce in Oprah's show.

"She is hilarious and she is fire. Lord, am I going to have me a time!" Knowles told Oprah Winfrey on Oprah's Next Chapter. "She's very smart. She's already reading flash cards. She's beautiful."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/02/19/blue-ivy-flash-cards/1929207/

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Beyonce Knowles: My one year old daughter already knows how to read [View all] Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 OP

Recognizing a flash card image is absolutely possible at one year. Laurian Feb 2013 #1

I believe her Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #2

Recognizing flash card images isn't the same thing as reading Nevernose Feb 2013 #48

It is my understanding that children of the deaf do learn to sign SheilaT Feb 2013 #51

Kids with Down syndrom auntsue Feb 2013 #54

I think that it's entirely possible that she can recognize flash cards. Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #3

Not only recognize the image, but read the word Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #7

Great - let her read her dad's lyrics sometime Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #4

He is a terrible person. bamacrat Feb 2013 #5

Indeed. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #6

Who is her father? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #25

Rap star Jay-Z KamaAina Feb 2013 #33

Oh I get it. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #36

"Bill O'Reilly contingent." Number23 Feb 2013 #58

O'Reilly doesn't like Jay-Z, therefore anyone else who doesn't like Jay-Z is with Billy Boy... octothorpe Feb 2013 #69

O'Falafel doesn't seem to like any rappers. KamaAina Feb 2013 #72

Oh yeah... octothorpe Feb 2013 #85

Yup. KamaAina Feb 2013 #86

A man who has 99 problems but Mitt ain't one. eom tarheelsunc Feb 2013 #98

So according all of you she should just go ahead Agschmid Feb 2013 #56

Beyonce did not say what the title of your OP says SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #8

So...she doesn't know how to read but she was reading Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #10

Reading flash cards is very different SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #12

Why did the author call the baby a "brainiac" if she was doing something "highly possible"? Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #13

I guess my daughter is a genius as well snooper2 Feb 2013 #17

You appear to be making it seem that those SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #19

If one can read a flashcard, one knows how to read Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #21

It's really not that big of a deal SunsetDreams Feb 2013 #23

"read" means different things in different contexts fishwax Feb 2013 #55

I don't doubt that the kid might be able to say TlalocW Feb 2013 #9

Correct. When a child sees a balls and says "ball!"... Mason Kennedy Feb 2013 #11

Are you really going to be this petty? leftynyc Feb 2013 #14

+1000 Laurian Feb 2013 #24

The OP does seem especially... worked up about this. Wonder why?? Number23 Feb 2013 #59

Vocabulary and speech in a 12 month old child is very limited. bighart Feb 2013 #15

What you say may be true about some or even most 12 month olds, but there are Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #20

This is not outside the realm of possibility. My niece kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #16

omg a mother bragging about her kid Enrique Feb 2013 #18

Really what is with the Beyonce Haters here?? Way too teaparty petty these postings lunasun Feb 2013 #77

I doubt her kid can read. Apophis Feb 2013 #22

So is Blue Ivory Carter an Indigo Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #26

if by that you mean "asshole," it's too early to tell Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #37

You think Indigo children are assholes? lunasun Feb 2013 #79

Another thread for hating on Beyonce? gollygee Feb 2013 #27

I know, right? obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #30

it's because she faked her whole pregnancy bettyellen Feb 2013 #44

What in the world are you talking about? Number23 Feb 2013 #60

She used a surrogate and some pillows. bettyellen Feb 2013 #65

I take great comfort in believing that you are probably the only person in the world Number23 Feb 2013 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #68

Thanks for that. Wendy Williams is about as reliable as the town drunk after Number23 Feb 2013 #78

I used pillows because the prosthetic was so phony looking bettyellen Feb 2013 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Feb 2013 #83

Dumb would be thinking surrogates contribute to the genetics, LOL. bettyellen Feb 2013 #82

I showed pics of the baby in case you were going to next suggest that she paid someone Number23 Feb 2013 #87

no, your post clearly argued there'd be mixed genes, which is ignorant bettyellen Feb 2013 #89

There was no "argument" about mixed genes. Number23 Feb 2013 #90

So your post about their genes was about something you bettyellen Feb 2013 #91

I can understand your need to deflect Number23 Feb 2013 #94

so you responded to my future post, LOL and not to what I posted. Fucking brilliant excuse... bettyellen Feb 2013 #95

It's not too hard to figure out where bored people with more time than brains will go Number23 Feb 2013 #96

it's been fun for me! cracks me up that it could bother anyone so much, LOL. bettyellen Feb 2013 #97

It's possible to read flash cards at 1 years old. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #28

Beyonce didn't say whay you're accusing her of in your OP obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #29

I learned to read before I properly learned to talk. hunter Feb 2013 #31

I hear this from parents all the time. RandySF Feb 2013 #32

Could Blue Ivy be Autistic? KamaAina Feb 2013 #34

I was reading before I even entered kindergarten. RebelOne Feb 2013 #35

So was I. I was reading Dr. Seuss Books at the age of three. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #43

That is what is wrong with today's kids. RebelOne Feb 2013 #74

It kind of sucked because my name sort of rhymed with "computer" and that is what kids taunted me smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #75

"My child is a genius" - Every Tedious Parent in Recorded History Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #38

Ain't that the truth! Orrex Feb 2013 #40

Way too many parents believe their child is gifted. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #93

ESPECIALLY if said kid is in the Lucky Sperm Club like Beyonce/Jay-Z! alp227 Feb 2013 #46

Let's hope she teaches her mom then Myrina Feb 2013 #39

I agree! I like Beyonce, but look at the grammar she used... PennsylvaniaMatt Feb 2013 #45

Take it from a veteran grammar nazi: Robb Feb 2013 #47

You never heard of a dialect? RudynJack Feb 2013 #53

"Have a time" is a fairly common idiom in American English. (cf, Lefty Frizzel) Bucky Feb 2013 #63

I hope that the baby doesn't read some of the nasty shit people posted on DU about her mom Orrex Feb 2013 #41

You should edit your inaccurate thread title. cyberswede Feb 2013 #42

My kid started speaking at 5 weeks Generic Brad Feb 2013 #49

I want to run out of the room at top speed mokawanis Feb 2013 #50

After an embarrassing cross country bus trip when I was two, Warpy Feb 2013 #52

first time parents JCMach1 Feb 2013 #57

Recognising flash cards isn't necessarily "reading"... Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #61

Based on the last Beyonce song I heard, I'd believe that child is already writing song lyrics. Bucky Feb 2013 #62

Winner! Egnever Feb 2013 #64

Let us know when she learns to lip sync FSogol Feb 2013 #66

lol +1 octothorpe Feb 2013 #71

A co-worker of mine has his daughter using some program. octothorpe Feb 2013 #70

I've seen ads for those. I always wonder what the big rush is. n/t winter is coming Feb 2013 #76

Big deal guardian Feb 2013 #73

What is it with people treating this Beyonce like a god? MrSlayer Feb 2013 #80

I love Beyonce cash__whatiwant Feb 2013 #84

Funny clip. Captain Stern Feb 2013 #88

I don't believe that for a minute. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #92