I do think my kids are smarter than I am, though I'm not sure by how much. I don't know my exact IQ, but I have a general idea (I was tested as a child).
My DH has never taken an IQ test, but he is definitely smarter than I am. I'm okay with all of this. I have some areas of major strength where I outshine him, but he's a renaissance guy (he can do anything--though he doesn't like higher math).
When I help DD with her math, if it's a spatial question and she feels confused, she's more likely to be the one to figure it out first. (I'm terrible with anything spatial.) Really, I shouldn't even help with those.
I can see situations where the parent is MG and the kid is HG or the parent is strong in verbal reasoning and the child is very spatially gifted, for instance, but I see a difference between there being levels of giftedness or differing areas of strengths within a family and a family where the parents are of totally average intellect and the child is gifted.
