How smart are your children compared to you and your wife/husband
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Anonymous
| DH and I are probably of average intelligence, but in spite of this we are happy and productive. We’ve never had an IQ test, and i find it strange that so many people know their IQs. We have very successful careers and personal lives because we work hard, remain flexible, and foster positive relationships. We hope to raise our (probably average) kids to do the same. |
Anonymous
| DH and I are both intelligent but I’m sure DS is way smarter than we were. He’s exceptionally bright. Can’t tell with DD yet. |
Anonymous
| My husband and I are a tad smarter than average. Our kids are both very very bright (and I’m not just saying that). We always laugh and say didn’t get it from us! |
Anonymous
| So every kid here is extremely bright and well above average? Hate to break it to you guys but that statistically isn't possible. |
Anonymous
| Both DH and I tested above 160 on it tests growing up (with siblings testing similar) so quite IQ-smart from both sides. Our daughter seems about the same, but with stronger social and emotional intelligence. Our son is pretty obviously significantly more intelligent than the rest of us. Fortunately we feel he’s using his smarts for good. |
Anonymous
honestly? ours is a case of regression to the mean. perfectly average brain (technically smart by DCPS standards, but we all know that means nothing), but more athletic than we were. honestly, I think he'll enjoy his childhood more than we did. |
Anonymous
You’re assuming responses from a random sample. |
Anonymous
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DH and I are both very high IQ (150s maybe low 160s). Both lauded mathematical researchers
DS is very bright (140s) and on the spectrum DD probably 120. DD will have the best life. She knows how to be happy and enjoy, not overthink. Not sure what the point of this thread was..? |
Anonymous
Pp here. In response to the original question, yes of course spouse probably matters. Intelligence is highly heritable from both sides. Mother effect a PP mentioned probably true. But there is a lot of variance and we only have 2 kids so chance is also a big factor. Again, doubt asking this question at a thread level will gain you much insight. |
Anonymous
Is this for real? |
Anonymous
An IQ that high is almost 1 in 10,000. So no it's not real. What would a person like that being doing trolling on this silly website? |
Anonymous
Nearly identical profiles in my house. However, I have much higher executive functioning skills than son and spouse, so school was significantly easier for me than for them. DD seems to have hit the jackpot and have high IQ and EF skills! We, too, are all likely lower than norm with EQ  .
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Anonymous
Spouse and I both went to private schools (in different parts of the country) and IQ testing was a component of admissions testing in our cases. I happen to remember mine and my MIL still brags about DH’s 🙃. |
Anonymous
| It's been interesting so far is that my husband and I were both advanced readers but our daughter is pretty mediocre in reading but very advanced in math. |
Anonymous
I couldn’t tell you anything about IQ numbers but wouldn’t it make sense for two people with very high IQs to meet, say in a math PhD program, and get married? Doesn’t seem impossible to me. My husband is brilliant and we both were very academically successful. I have 3 Ivy degrees (and not Cornell, FWIW) and he is routinely called the smartest person others know (kind of in an evil genius way ... except he’s not evil). I am a homeschooling mom now and I can tell my oldest is very smart. He’s almost 7. It’s not because he’s a whiz at anything, it’s more because he has an intense interest in learning and processes information so well. Hard to tell with my younger 2 as they’re just too young. |