<i>&gt;pushing your kid like that</i><p>I dunno about this... we&#x27;re not intimate with his family so it seems a little unfair to characterize his parents as &quot;pushing him&quot;.  For all we know, the opposite may have happened and his parents were &quot;holding him back&quot; and trying to prevent a precocious teen from rushing into MIT at age 14 instead of 15.<p>As far as the article&#x27;s text reveals, it says his parents were responsive and not pushy:  <i>&quot;Rungta is grateful to his parents and to MIT for being responsive to his needs every step of the way.&quot;</i>