There is a parenting style described in the literature, i think it's called the 'deliberate cultivation style'¹, where parents train their kids in test taking a

There is a parenting style described in the literature, i think it's called the 'deliberate cultivation style'¹, where parents train their kids in test taking almost from the time they are born. In this parenting style, many interactions go sort of like this: (Points at bird) "Do you see that, what is that?" "Bird!" "Yes but what kind of bird? That's a Robin... A robin" ... Repeat over and over all day. Note that what is being taught here isn't just taxonomy of birds, but also it's a kind of rehearsal for test taking. In a test you get asked questions, and then you have to provide the answer. It's a type of performance, a type of structured conversation. Other parenting styles are more hands off. In some cultures parent's don't even really talk to their kids until the kids start speaking on their own. Now which parenting style would you predict would better prepare a kid for getting a high score on an IQ test? 1: It's actually called:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerted_cultivation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerted_cultivation