When I was going to become a father, this became a subject of great interest for me. I want my children to grow up in an environment associated with the highest

When I was going to become a father, this became a subject of great interest for me. I want my children to grow up in an environment associated with the highest-possible IQs. In my research, I learned that President Nixon created the social welfare program WIC because the science of the time overwhelmingly indicated that malnutrition and childhood stress was causing children to grow up to become a burden on society. If society spends the money on social welfare programs to alleviate that stress in childhood, we save money on having to incarcerate or support adults who are incapable of contributing to society. That said, this article is extremely light on the science and history of how and why we know what we know. I've written an essay on the history and hard-science behind why we have social welfare and how we know why poverty influences IQ if anyone is interested in learning more about it: https://medium.com/@ideonexus/the-scientific-imperative-for-social-welfare-809a49171f2d https://medium.com/@ideonexus/the-scientific-imperative-for-... This is not new information. We have known about this correlation--and more importantly the causation--for decades. I wish it would become common knowledge so we can stop rediscovering it and debating it each time it comes up.