Does your kid know his/her IQ score?

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Anonymous wrote:And I come from a family of high IQs, and all of us are well-adjusted adults with high HHI, happy families, and no mental illness.

That you're aware of, I'm guessing. Missing the modesty gene too, huh?

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Anonymous wrote:And I come from a family of high IQs, and all of us are well-adjusted adults with high HHI, happy families, and no mental illness.

I don't understand the mental illness reference either. What does that have to do with anything??

One reason I shared my cousin's story was to illustrate that telling a kid they're brilliant, sharing their IQ whatever, isn't necessarily the best thing. Plenty of studies out there discouraging parents from telling their kids how smart they are as this can make them fear failure and less likely to persevere at things at which they don't immediately excel.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry about the typo.

Why? Why not! They should know that they are extremely smart and have extreme potential to do great things for humanity.

Genius IQ does not mean one is destined for greatness. Hard work is still required. I knew my IQ at 12. I believed that, as someone with a 145 IQ, school work should be optional. Net result was a 7th grade where I brought home a report card with 3D's and an F. I did not develop the work ethic required for real success until college.

(I did better in HS than MS; did better in college than HS; did better in grad school than college).

I got the concepts right off the bat, but would make careless mistakes which were compounded by my learning disability (Dyslexic).

OP here.
I told my kids that regardless of what their IQs are, that perseverance, a good work ethic, and being happy with who your are is what matters.
I have 2 kids and there is a 30 point difference between their IQs, one has ADHD.

I agree that Genius IQ does not mean one is destined for greatness. I have family members who were geniuses:
My dad- hard worker and achieved the highest level recognition in his profession but was so completely unhappy with his life.
My oldest brother- didn't finish high school
My other brother- can pretty much ace any test, never studied in school, haven't achieved much.
My uncle- achieved a heck of a lot and was debilitated by mental illness

I was referencing this

[Anonymous]

I've only told my kids they have above average IQs but I wish they would start using it.

[Anonymous]

With my DD, when she asked, I told her AAP is selective. We did not put her there; the county did. And I told her you are not struggling.

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Anonymous wrote:With my DD, when she asked, I told her AAP is selective. We did not put her there; the county did. And I told her you are not struggling.

Odd. My first kid knew nothing about AAP until admitted. As in, zero. SEcond kid still knows nothing about AAP...and won't until admitted or not if not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With my DD, when she asked, I told her AAP is selective. We did not put her there; the county did. And I told her you are not struggling.

Odd. My first kid knew nothing about AAP until admitted. As in, zero. SEcond kid still knows nothing about AAP...and won't until admitted or not if not.

She was in the 8th grade when she asked. She knew she was in and had been in AAP for 5 years at that time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With my DD, when she asked, I told her AAP is selective. We did not put her there; the county did. And I told her you are not struggling.

Odd. My first kid knew nothing about AAP until admitted. As in, zero. SEcond kid still knows nothing about AAP...and won't until admitted or not if not.