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It's mainly genetics, OP.

If you presented as average for some of your childhood, your kids will too. Having a PhD has nothing to do with it - most people with PhDs have slightly above average intelligence but mostly they are hard-working and dedicated.

My first child is 2E (gifted and learning disabled), my second child is significantly above average, although she doesn't strike me as particularly gifted compared to her brother, but then it depends on the definition of gifted.

They both toted huge books around since they started reading fluently - because they are like me. Neither DH or I acted "average" (your definition of average) as children, so it makes sense that our kids wouldn't either.

And you know what? It's the average kid that grows into the average, hard-working, happy adult, that is best for our society. The outliers are capable of both great and terrible things. We only need a few of them.

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I really doubt that it is genetics.  Most of the "gifted" kids have completely average parents, even those that were not prepped for the test.  I think they are just kids who developed a little earlier than everyone else.  I was reading on a high school level when I was in elementary school, but I'm not actually any smarter than anyone else.  I just liked reading.  I believe trying to identify kids as gifted in 2nd grade is part of the problem.  I'm pretty sure I would have been considered "gifted," but I'm only slightly above average.  However, my child hates reading and hates school, so he reads poorly, which certainly doesn't reflect his genetics.  [/quote]

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