Chinese children in a summer camp tested DNA
The aim of the camp is to determine the "natural talent" for children after genetic testing, physical, IQ, memory, etc..
Scientists then draw up the strengths and weaknesses of toddlers to foresee their future careers.
In China, a summer camp proposes to determine the future of thirty children from 3 to 12 by using genetic tests, says CNN, Wednesday August 5
For $ 880, parents can enroll their children at the Palais des Chongqing children where they will undergo five days of DNA testing.
The objective is to determine the skills, "natural talent" for kids to outline a project targeted for the future.
The experts from the camp also testing children on their IQ, their "emotional control", their memory, their physical abilities, etc..
All data collected are then analyzed to identify strengths and weaknesses of children.
"Today, competition in the world is to find one who has the best talent," says Zhao Mingyou, director of the camp.
"We can give children a Chinese scientific effective from an early age."
"Identifying the natural talents"
In fact, if your child will never exceed the 1m80, no need to register to play basketball.
Ditto if he does not have an ear for music, why ruin being solfeggio.
For the Chinese scientists, is the first time that such a test is available to families.DNA tests were hitherto reserved for the detection of serious diseases. After a simple sample of saliva, scientists determine the characteristics brought by the child to help them "identify their natural talents."
According to clinical psychologist Rob Blinn, quoted by CNN, "you will not be able to predict whether someone will be the future Einstein. These tests are fair to say that this person could have an IQ of 5 to 10 points above another because of the absence or presence of certain genes.
Anyway, the results can not be "dramatic," concluded he.
"Children do not need to find a purpose in life"
A CNN report on the camp
Questioned in the open test, Dr. Huang explains that the child is studying it is very sensible and has excellent ability to concentrate, so I think that it will enter into management. "
"It is better to develop his talents as soon as possible," said Chen Zhongyan, a girl of 4 years of the Palace of children Chongqing.
"This program allows you to really understand her children, before the father.
However, critics of the first amount already against the establishment."Children, especially when they are young, need to have fun, they do not need to find purpose in their lives," says Dr. Blinn."I have real doubts whether it is in the interest of the child," he adds."It seems that this self in the interest of parents."
The Chinese government Eye on DNA
But this new kind of summer camp may well have a great success because of the anxiety of Chinese parents towards their only child.
"In China, it is very different from Western countries," says Yang Yangqing, technical director of the laboratory."There is only one child in your family becoming more and more parents focus on their education and they want to give the best possible."
The Chinese government is also interested in the detection of future talent for them to begin their careers as soon as possible and represent China in international markets. Already the future gymnasts, musicians and basketball players are recruited at an early age to be placed in camps and rigorous training in special schools.
And the government is never far away. Insistent rumors have Yao Ming, the basketball hero, as the fruit of the union of an arranged marriage between two great basketball players in the hope of a world-class athlete. Was achieved but a version contradicted by Yao Ming himself.
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