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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP:  So if straight IQ is genetic... then when both parents have high IQs, doesn't it make sense that they assume their child will have a high IQ and make educational plans accordingly?     [/quote]

What kind of plans?

With kids, you get what you get.  Two highly intelligent parents may or may not have a highly intelligent child.[/quote]

If straight intelligence is genetic, which is certainly appears to be, then two highly intelligent parents will have a highly intelligent child (barring illness, head injury or gestational issues, of course).

Plans like finding the best educated nanny, the more advanced preschool programs, and saving money for both.   Maybe moving to the best area for the schools prior to the child's birth.

Here's what I am getting at - it just seems to me that highly intelligent parents are seen as pushy or presumptuous when they even try to quietly make plans for their child's future.  [/quote]

I have a very high IQ and DH has a high IQ. We have not done any of these things. It is becoming apparent that our oldest probably has a high IQ but I have zero expectations about what that means for his future. I don't even expect he will go to college though I imagine he likely will. [/quote]

We're just average and assume our average kids will go to college - and we began saving at their births.  A college degree is what a high school degree was 50 years ago and is simply necessary today - even if they decide to go to trade school after they get their BA.  [/quote]

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