Highly gifted youngsters battle it out to be crowned the UK's brightest child. First in a four-part series following the lives of some of the country's cleverest kids and their families as the children take part in a competition to find the UK's ultimate child genius, It's the general knowledge and memory round of the child genius competition, and the pressure is mounting for the gifted kids and their parents. Professors from the US’s best universities are already courting Laurent, who loves playing video games like Fortnite and Minecraft, with offers of Master's courses and even PhD programmes. The Stephen Hawking superfan inspired viewers with her feminist attitude, and celebrated women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Meanwhile fans of the show criticised a “pushy” Child Genius mum for imposing a tough 'Chinese-style' study regime where he’s given just three minutes to relax in between study sessions. There is a bit of action and not too much romance and he liked it because there are movies about it.”, “When he is on his own he likes to watch Netflix,” Alexander said, “and when his friends come round to play they all sit around playing games on their mobile phones in silence like any other kids”. “I really want to go to California, the weather is nice there,” said Laurent, who is half Dutch and half Belgian and lives in Amsterdam. … Crazy Delicious. We thought all grandparents say that,” said Alexander, “But then he went to school and he started going faster and faster.”. We pay for videos too. Laurent’s loves are maths and science but at high school he was forced to trudge through long novels dealing with romance. “The high school novels were not about the things he was interested in,” said Alexander, “but he liked Shakespeare. “But Oxford and Cambridge are also in the major league” the Belgian dentist said, “and it would be very much more convenient for us.”. Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed. He told the Telegraph, “He really was a delight to tutor and very well balanced, able to be like a child and an adult at the same time. Professor Peter Baltus teaches Laurent at the university in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. People also watched. Series 1. The final six go head to head in a debating contest, hoping to make it through to the last quick-fire round and the chance to be crowned Child Genius of the Year 2013. Child Genius winner, with a higher IQ than Einstein, has stunned viewers with a feminist acceptance speech. On accepting her award she said: "One of the main reasons I entered myself in the competition was to show that there are a lot of stereotypes about girls not being able to do maths or physics for example,' she began. Some have already given him homework after informal Skype interviews. Advertisement. 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Nishi stunned audiences with her very grown up and feminist speech as she collected her award for Britain's Brightest Child. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. By the time he got to university Laurent, who has a photographic memory, was already used to being the youngest student in the room. Child Genius . 6 Episodes. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Despite his voracious appetite for learning, it wasn’t always easy. Laurent loves his two German shepherds, Joe and Sam, and is a keen go-karter. “I taught him when he was six and we studied at the level of a 16 year-old,” he said, “I really would recommend Oxford for him.”, “He would develop somewhere the environment is  about learning rather than being taught. Laurent finished secondary school aged eight after completing six years of education in just a year and a half. 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Child genius 'could follow mentor to Oxford' after finishing first degree aged 9 Save Laurent Simons will soon be the world's youngest graduate Credit: Petra van Aken They are among 16 of the ­country’s cleverest eight to 12- year-olds battling for the title of Britain’s brightest child on Channel 4 ’s Child Genius show tonight. What would a 'circuit-breaker' lockdown look like? Dr Claire Oliver-Harwood, from Mansfield, has responded to criticism that she has been ignoring her daughter Holly in favour of her son William, 11, who was runner-up in Channel 4's Child Genius

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