When I see grand parents comparing their children as to who started talking first, walking first, reading first etc. they are just trying to please their egos or kill time because in the long run called life, it really doesn't matter. We are too complex to be judged by silly little contests. .
I totally agree with you on this. I have seen parents getting worried that my 2 yrs old cannot speak while someone elses 2 yrs old can speak full 3 words sentence. An I am always like, dude will it matter when they are 18 that who started speaking first.
Same is when parents put their perfectly normal 4 yrs old in special classes where they can learn to read and write English and Math faster. I mean with all due respect to any of the parents who has done it, does it really matter after 5 yrs from now how if they could count to 400 vs a normal 4 yrs old who could do only count till 10 maybe.