Anonymous
Post 11/06/2013 11:31     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

1 kid tests at slightly less than I tested. The other kid tests much higher than I tested.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2013 10:05     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not sure how to answer this, because I believe there are different kinds of "wicked smart." I'm "book smart," and love words, reading, and learning, but higher math makes my head spin and I'm terrible at anything requiring spatial relations. DH is not "quick" verbally, but that man understands how things work like nobody's business, gets "systems," sees the larger picture, and is great at complex math. He can build or fix anything and is very physically aware and athletic. It's early yet, but it appears that DS (6) is much like dad and DD (4) is much like me. Just becaue DH got Cs in Freshman English doesn't mean he isn't "wicked smart" because he can do things that leave me totally befuddled.


ITA. As a kid, I was considered very smart and have the resume to "prove" it. DH was not considered that smart and wasn't pushed in school, yet I would consider him smarter than me and better at life in general. I have 3 kids. The oldest probably has the highest IQ, but man that kid is lazy. My middle child has drive and ambition like nobody's business - I am not worried when he brings home average grades because I know he will always land on his feet. My youngest is super smart and laid back but has an entertainer's personality. Again, I'm not worried. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses - IQ is nothing but a number when you're driven.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2013 09:59     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:wicked smart? are you from boston


+1

People who are truly smart don't use trite, cliche terms like this. Sorry, OP.


Not true. People from Boston use that term -- even some with PhDs.


Again. Smart people don't use those terms.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2013 09:58     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

I'm really not sure how to answer this, because I believe there are different kinds of "wicked smart." I'm "book smart," and love words, reading, and learning, but higher math makes my head spin and I'm terrible at anything requiring spatial relations. DH is not "quick" verbally, but that man understands how things work like nobody's business, gets "systems," sees the larger picture, and is great at complex math. He can build or fix anything and is very physically aware and athletic. It's early yet, but it appears that DS (6) is much like dad and DD (4) is much like me. Just becaue DH got Cs in Freshman English doesn't mean he isn't "wicked smart" because he can do things that leave me totally befuddled.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 23:10     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Kid is smarter according to the WISC with an IQ in the profoundly gifted range. DH and I are pretty smart and went to Ivy colleges and grad schools. But in the end, it's effort that counts and kid is young so hard tell what kind of student he'll be. We're happier that he has good emotional regulation and self control for his age than that he has a high IQ.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 22:43     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:wicked smart? are you from boston


+1

People who are truly smart don't use trite, cliche terms like this. Sorry, OP.


Not true. People from Boston use that term -- even some with PhDs.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 22:23     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:wicked smart? are you from boston


+1

People who are truly smart don't use trite, cliche terms like this. Sorry, OP.


Snap! How do you like them apples, OP?!
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 22:10     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Anonymous wrote:wicked smart? are you from boston


+1

People who are truly smart don't use trite, cliche terms like this. Sorry, OP.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 18:48     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

I'm not wicked smart, but my children are smarter than me. I am more experienced, so I still have an intellectual edge, but it's only a matter of time before that advantage will be lost.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 18:32     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

I think it's really sad that people are coming up with judgements on how smart their kids are when they are toddlers and preschoolers. I for one know a guy who didn't talk until he was 3 and he is brilliant. My MIL is always doing this with my niece and it drives me nuts...who cares if she learned her letters half a year later than her sister...she's three!
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 17:48     Subject: If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

I am wicked smart. Maybe my kid is, too. Dunno.

I do know he can't seem to turn his homework in on time or do more than a half-assed job.

As Gump said, stupid is as stupid does.

Smart doesn't matter.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 17:18     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Anonymous



I'm ok smart, DH is ok smart. 7 year old son just went through neuropsych testing and probably has around 130 IQ.

I love him despite it.
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130 places him in the 98 percentile (97 by some standards) which places him in the top 2% of iq's. How smart are you? You obviously don't know much about iq scores.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2013 17:08     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

petterpam wrote:It all depends on how you raise your kids. Generally, if you are wicked smart, it doesn't follow that your kids are too, but on some cases they are true because you will raise your kids the way you have been raised by your parents.


Raising kids can be hard though.
petterpam
Post 01/27/2013 14:26     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

It all depends on how you raise your kids. Generally, if you are wicked smart, it doesn't follow that your kids are too, but on some cases they are true because you will raise your kids the way you have been raised by your parents.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2013 14:27     Subject: Re:If you are wicked smart, what about your kids?

Why do you ask these type of questions? Insecure? Do you feel you are "wicked smart"?