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Save your energy for reading to the child and playing games with them, which definitely helps intelligence. Are you sure? It was my understanding that there i
by JamesBarney 9y ago
Save your energy for reading to the child and playing games with them, which definitely helps intelligence.
Are you sure? It was my understanding that there is pretty much no intervention that provably increases IQ. Some interventions have small effects for several years but none persist past 3-4 years post intervention.
- Except getting rid of things that low IQ, like reducing exposure to lead, not drinking or smoking while pregnant etc...
- Pharylon 9y agoEhhh... yeah, you're right, in that there's no known single prescription/intervention for increasing intelligence. But we do know that among siblings there's a correlation between being the first child and being the most intelligent. It seems parental bandwidth is important. So maybe not necessarily reading (as I said), but just spending time with them. Also, side note, IQ is garbage and not a good measure of intelligence.
- JamesBarney 9y agoI don't know if I'm familiar with an intelligence measure that is superior to IQ. What would you suggest? But the first born effect could be parental bandwidth but it could also be other effects. Age of parent, interactions between siblings, etc...
- ebfd 9y agoWhat metric has better predictive power than IQ?
- rayiner 9y agoDrinking lightly while pregnant also has shown to have no effect on IQ.
- tptacek 9y agoTo me, this is the craziest development in our understanding of gestation. We live very close to a hospital with a popular birth center, and someone I know came to our house when they were in labor to see if they'd need to check in. Less than an hour before the kid was born, they were on my couch drinking a beer. I guess I'm all for it? But compared to when our kids were born, it was jarring.