In the first few decades of the 20th century, child prodigies became national celebrities. Much like the movie stars, industrial titans and heavyweight champs of the day, their exploits were glorified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many parents may assume that helping their kids specialize early in life prepares them for successful careers, the latest ...

EADaily, . Russian child prodigy pianist Yelisey Mysin has won the second prize of the Mozart International Competition in Salzburg. The young virtuoso himself announced this on his page on the social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Edmunds, a psychologist, librettist and the writer of "Perfect World," a musical that tells the story of literary child ...

NOVAK DJOKOVIC first picked up a tennis racket when he was four years old. At the age of 12 he left his native Serbia for a tennis academy in Germany. He won his first major title—the 2008 Australian ...

At age 6, Mozart performed at the court of the Prince-elect Maximilian II of Bavaria. At age 8, Joy Foster represented Jamaica in table tennis at the Caribbean championships in Trinidad. What do the ...

You may have a leg up on the child prodigies who made you feel inadequate as a school kid. Despite outliers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a new analysis based on 19 studies involving 34,000 high ...