THE SMARTEST CHILDREN - 1

At the age most of us were playing with food and discovering our toes, child prodigies around the globe are learning complex languages and studying fields we've never heard of.

Many of these children went on to do great things. Others were crippled by emotional instability. Some have great potential and are just getting started.

Saffron Pledger – possibly one of the youngest members of a high IQ society

She hasn't even experienced proper schooling yet, but three year old  Saffron Pledger already has an IQ score of 140 and might possibly become one of the youngest member of Mensa, an intellectual high IQ society with members in more than 100 countries.

In order to be a part of the scholarly society, members must score among the top two percent of the world's IQ scores.

The English-born Pledger is reported to be able to write, read, count up to 50 and solve simple mathematics.
She is the daughter of eight-time game show champion Danny Pledger, a 23-year-old web designer.

Colin Carlson—The environmentalist boy genius

Colin Carlson taught himself how to read as a toddler and graduated from Stanford University Online High School by the age of 11.



At nine-years-old, he began taking college credit courses at the University of Connecticut and enrolled in the university full-time as a sophomore by the age of 12.

Carlson currently holds a 3.9 grade point average as a dual-degree honors student in ecology & evolutionary biology and environmental studies.

He recently filed an age discrimination complaint against the university when they denied his request to participate in field work that would require him to travel to South Africa.

The boy genius has interned with the Sierra Club, founded an environmental organization and testified before the state legislature.