Do parents and kids typically have about the same IQs?

[Anonymous]

Mine is about 135, my son is 139, my daughter is 134 and we have no clue about my husband. I imagine his is likely about the same as mine as the kids are so close. Does this comport with those who understand heredity and IQ? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

OP, how do you know your IQ? I guess I mean when were you tested and why? I think intelligence is hereditary but can skip a generation. I have also heard that sometimes mental capabilities can be affected by age of the parents when conceived.

[Anonymous]

I know my IQ from seeing materials related to various programs I was in growing up. My mother confirmed my memory the other day.

[Anonymous]

I recall reading something about IQ correlating more with the mom than the dad but can't recall any of the details, sorry.

[Anonymous]

yes, there is a genetic component, and an environmental component, but there is also regression to the mean (which is nowhere near 135.

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What are the ranges (mean and outliers) for IQs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine is about 135, my son is 139, my daughter is 134 and we have no clue about my husband. I imagine his is likely about the same as mine as the kids are so close. Does this comport with those who understand heredity and IQ? Thanks.

We had our son tested (against my strong wishes) during the course of neuro/psych eval for IEP. He is a high functioning Asperger's and IQ came in at 138. I'm pretty sure mine is no where near that. I am probably a little above average (never tested) but determined--but DH is quirky brilliant, as are his Mom and Dad and brother. But my mother has a nearly genius level of intelligence. Intelligence is heavily coded on the X chromosome so is passed through the mother (and her mother).

Genetics. Itsa compleekated.

[Anonymous]

I don't know my IQ or DH's, but my mom's is 140 and DS was tested (WPPSI) at 142.

I've heard that there is a strong genetic component, but that environment, as always, can sway the numbers.

[Anonymous]

Did you take biology?

[Anonymous]

OP please do not focus on these numbers. IQ tests are a virtually worthless predictor of success or happiness in life. I used to be a teacher and I remember so vividly a student who was charming, adorable, and quick-witted but not high-IQ-smart like her parents, and the parents really struggled with it. They tried to keep it from her but kids are perceptive and she knew that they were hung up on the numbers and you could tell it really hurt her. This is a meaningless metric--I would worry instead about encouraging your children to love learning and persevere in the face of challenges.

[Anonymous]

One thing to keep in mind is that the tests, and their norms, change. So kids today might get lower scores compared to those of a generation ago, but that doesn't mean their intelligence is necessarily lower.

"Given the much lower scores resulting from the newest generation of tests (WISC-IV, SB-5 and WJ-III cognitive), professionals who work with the gifted are suggesting a new set of scores and descriptive levels of giftedness, beginning at 120 to 125 for "moderately" gifted, and progressing to 142 to 145+ for "profoundly" gifted. But these levels are still under investigation."

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/highly_profoundly.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine is about 135, my son is 139, my daughter is 134 and we have no clue about my husband. I imagine his is likely about the same as mine as the kids are so close. Does this comport with those who understand heredity and IQ? Thanks.

We had our son tested (against my strong wishes) during the course of neuro/psych eval for IEP. He is a high functioning Asperger's and IQ came in at 138. I'm pretty sure mine is no where near that. I am probably a little above average (never tested) but determined--but DH is quirky brilliant, as are his Mom and Dad and brother. But my mother has a nearly genius level of intelligence. Intelligence is heavily coded on the X chromosome so is passed through the mother (and her mother).

Genetics. Itsa compleekated.

Wait a minute -- by your explanation (passed on by the mother) shouldn't your IQ also be near genius since your mother's is?

[Anonymous]

I know mine b/c I barely was accepted into the Gifted and Talented Program in middle school with an IQ score of 120. I don't know my K aged son's score but I am sure it is much higher than mine. My brother's score was in the mid 130s and he reminds me a lot of my son.

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Anonymous wrote:What are the ranges (mean and outliers) for IQs?

In theory the mean is set at 100 and the standard deviation at 15. The mean is reset every so often (say 15 years).

[Anonymous]

Read the Bell Curve, although the authors' argument that kids usually come in somewhere b/w their parents doesn't make good sense -- b/c IQ would then keep trending downward. I guess the explanation is that there is the occasional statistical "blip" (which is how I account for my very smart husband, who comes from a family of really average folks). All of which means that it is largely a crap shoot, like every other gift (or curse) in life!