• Question: do you think that how intelligent children are depends on their upbringing?

    Asked by katieeh to Luna on 18 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Luna Munoz answered on 18 Mar 2011:

      Hi katieeh, intelligence is supposed to be a measure of ability. So, it’s meant to reflect a propensity to do well. Everyone has an upper limit to their intelligence, based on their genes. However, if parents or whoever does not help the child to learn different things – solve puzzles, read a lot of books, etc. – then the child’s upper limit will not be reached.

      So, children are born with a range of intelligence that they can achieve, but it’s up to us (as parents or teachers) to get them to the full potential!

Comments

  • Photo: katieeh

    katieeh commented on :

    thank youu! 🙂 so parents who help their children are more likely to get them better results to start off with, but as time goes on, the more intelligent children start to show through??

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      Luna commented on :

      It’s true! You need to start off early so that all children have an equal chance once they get to school. There have been studies on rats and the early stimulation they get. Rats were either placed into boring or stimulating cages (having wheels, tunnels, and other things). The rats with the stimulating environment had more connections in the brain.
      For humans, there’s this idea of a just good enough – optimal- support, and yes, the more intelligent children will start to show through. And they don’t seem to need much beyond a ‘good enough’ stimulation from their environment. Thanks for the question!!