Originally Posted by madeinuk
The fact that high intelligence is found at all income levels (see Genius Denied) lends further weight to the argument that cultural factors play a large part in determining whether or not a child with high intelligence reaches his/her potential. It is simply untrue to say and the children of low earning households will automatically be stupid, right?

Yes, that is untrue, but the children of low-earning parents do score lower *on average* on IQ and achievement tests, and fewer of them than children of high-earning parents score in the gifted range.