It’s exciting when kids start saying words. My daughter was an early talker, and combined with her petite stature we got plenty of amazed stares when she would speak to people in public. My son also had the propensity toward learning longer words a lot faster than other kids his age. At an early age [...]
Tags: first words, intelligence, learnign to talk, learning, learning and babies, speaking, talking
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British researchers published the results of a study yesterday that indicated mothers of boys who drank lightly when they were pregnant had smarter, better behaved sons than mothers who abstained completely.
“Drinking lightly” meant 1-2 units of alcohol a week, equivalent to a small glass of wine or one beer.
The sons of mothers who did [...]
Tags: alcohol, baby boys, fetal alcohol syndrome, intelligence
Posted in: Health, Pregnancy
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According to an MSN article, there are ways to boost your child’s IQ. Yes, your kid’s smarts definitely have something to do with inherited smarts from you, the parent. However, nurturing that intelligence from activities, interaction, environment does play a significant role too. Taking a child with average intelligence, and raising them [...]
Tags: boost intelligence, boost smarts, intelligence, make kids smarter, read, smart, TV
Posted in: Parenting
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We always admire sheer talent. We look up to people with exceptional intelligence and abilities and we always say: that`s the way to success.
An article in the Scientific American tells us that this is actually the wrong way of thinking. Over 30 years of scientific research indicates that high IQ, talent, and confidence in your [...]
Tags: effort, fixed mind-set, growth mind-set, intelligence, praising kids
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Seemingly adding an interesting example to the ongoing nature and nurture debate, U.S. researchers discovered a link between IQ and whether children are in foster care or in orphanages, according to their findings from a study in Romania.
According to the study, toddlers who are removed from orphanages and placed in foster care score dramatically higher [...]
Tags: Adoption, child development, intelligence, orphanages
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