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    The Science Behind Making Your Child Smarter
    We all have our assumptions about what works—here’s what the data really tells us about ways we can improve intelligence
    By Sue Shellenbarger
    Wall Street Journal
    December 24, 2018

    What parents wouldn’t want to give their children the ability to get good grades and excel at work?

    Those benefits are linked in research to a high IQ. Dozens of recent studies shed new light on the extent to which parents can—and cannot—help their children score higher on that popular and widely used measure of intelligence.

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    WAYS YOU CAN RAISE SMARTER CHILDREN
    Engage them early in lively conversation.
    Play ​card, board or videogames that ​build​ working memory.
    Stress the intrinsic rewards of learning rather than grades.
    Frame a bad grade as a reason to work harder.
    Enroll them in schools where intelligence is seen as fluid rather than fixed.
    Teach them that their ability is under their control.

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    I am a bit challenged by the underlying assumption of this article, encapsulated in their rhetorical question:

    "This might seem like a no-brainer. Wouldn’t staying in school obviously make you smarter?"

    It seems to conflate knowledge with intelligence. Along with the more typical "intelligence" vs. "performance on an IQ test", which has its own definitional challenges.

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    The article basically says that exposure to mentally stimulating situations fosters greater mental development.

    I will, henceforth, stop tearing books out of my son’s hand and not deny his requests to attend school, as had been my custom prior to the publishing of this groundbreaking article.


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    This reads like one of those round ups I typically find in a travel magazine about different activities I can try outside of boozing on a beach in Mallorca. I agree with the premise though that a diverse mix of activities is helpful for growth.


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