Yes! Your Child Is A Genius!

Most parents and children get nervous when themeasure intelligence in some way.  People with
word ‘test’ is mentioned.  While testshigh IQs are not necessarily the academic types. 
may be useful in some ways to measure howThey may or may not have a degree and they
well or not, a child is doing, it does have itsare found in all walks of life, including but certainly
drawbacks.  Too much emphasis on test resultsnot only, academia. 
can place an artificial age barrier on children’s 
individual abilities.There is certainly  more than one kind of
 intelligence.  In the 20th century, the research of
The idea that a child’s ability to learn is ageProfessor Howard Gardner, at the Harvard
dependent is a relatively new one in humanGraduate School of Education questioned the
history.  If, for instance, we go back to theestablished idea that intelligence came in just one
Middle Ages we see that age and ability wereform that could be measured in an IQ test and
thought of differently at that time.  Elizabeth I,that was that.  Gardner’s theory of Multiple
one of the most famous and successful queens inIntelligences suggests that there may be at least
European history was an accomplished philosopher,seven different kinds of intelligences in humans,
historian, politician, and multi-lingual before herranging from mathematical/logical to kinaesthetic
teens.  There is absolutely nothing in research to(finely-tuned motor control and co-ordination). 
say that children are not s capable today.For example, a successful footballer might have
 kinaesthetic intelligence.  A successful
Who then is best placed to say what a child is orentrepreneur might have mathematical/logical
is not capable of understanding or learning at anyintelligence.   You may know or be aware of
given age – us, armed with a bunch ofsomeone who is a successful entrepreneur and
education statistics, or them?  Any parent whofootballer all at the same time.  In which case,
has spent hours trying to sort out how the videothey would have to have both kinaesthetic as well
recorder works  only to have their five-year fixas mathematical/logical intelligence.
it for them in under 10 seconds, knows exactly 
what I mean.  A child does not know thatWhatever kind of intelligence your child may be
something is too complex for them until we tellgifted in, it is always a good idea to start as soon
them that it is.  If we pre-condition them intoas possible to train his young brain.  There are
thinking their abilities are somehow determined byhome-based training programs available to help
their age, then we are putting the brakes onbusy parents take just minutes a day to bring out
them before they even got started.  We arethe best in their children.  The effects of which
presuming that we know the limits of what theyare cumulative and the benefits will last a
are capable of, and when they will be able tolifetime.  You can teach your child to read or
achieve it.  Well-meaning or not, in a morelearn math from as little as 2 months old (yes,
scientific way this is exactly what ability testsyour baby can read).  Early child education is now
do.  If they were not based on presetmore popular than ever and is gaining worldwide
expectations and markers on ability, what isrecognition.  The earlier your child starts learning,
considered simple or complex, they would notthe better will be the effects of such early
function as tests at all.childhood development program, like learning math
 or reading  A child genius may be born, but who
One of the things to note is that IQ does notis to say you cannot develop your own child to
equate ability.  The specific role of IQ tests is tobe a genius?