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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH has a high IQ, measured. Nobody needs to measure mine - it’s average on a good day. We have four children, two of whom are young adults. Oldest is 22, youngest is 10. Two oldest are National Merit Scholars. I worked a combination of full-time and part-time, but mostly part-time, while raising older two. For younger two, I have been home more. Always read. Tons of books. Very limited screen time. Good diets, excercise, activity. Decent HHI, but lower than most of my kids’ peers.

People regularly ask how we have turned out such great kids. I simply thank them and demure because - short of beating them & locking them in a closet - I’m not sure how much our parenting has shaped them. Each came out a certain way at birth and it’s striking how so much was pre-programmed.

Our youngest, an ooops, is doing things at age 10 that his oldest brother did - behaviors, expressions, quirky things - but he was not even alive when his older brother (now away at college) was 10. I am absolutely in awe of genetics.

Read to your kids, really limit media consumption, get your kids outside and feed them decently. Love them. Beyond that, I don’t think much is in our control.[/quote]

Yes to all of this! [/quote]
Another 'yes' to all of this. Well said.[/quote]

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