marinus18
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I disagree. You don't need intelligence to be a loving parent but you do need it to become a good parent. If you are not very intelligent you can't use sophisticated rearing techniques. Derpy is a loving mother but I do see her as not a ultra good one because of her soft nature and lack of intelligence. You are right though in that being intelligent but not using it productively can become a major hinderance.
Also pushing a child towards acadamic excellence usually makes a child more happy. Of course like with everything you can do it too much but children need direction and focusing their efforts towards a goal helps them feel important and like they matter. Also if you make school out to be very important a child will do so as well. However again that is only if the parent is willing to put in that effort.
"or worry about stuff that wouldn’t even occur to a dumber person" on the other hand it could also be that your child is having problems but you can't figure out what it is and assume they are just being naughty.
"your kid has to struggle to comprehend you, and that can lead to conflict over rules" not comphrehending means a lack of social skills not intelligence. Also intelligence is genetic so that problem will only really arise if you have a highly intelligent parent and a not very intelligent child. The reverse though is potentially more damaging as a highly intelligent child can quickly learn how to manipulate and fool their parent. This removes most of the authority of the parent which is really bad.
Before and actually still somewhat I see Diamond Tiara as an example of a child very far above her parents in intellgence. She knows how to scheme and manipulate and doesn't care at all what others think or say about her.
Being intelligent means you can see paterns in your child that could signal problems and can make you better at coming up with solutions. Also in our modern world administration and social talks is a big part of being a parent and intelligence is key there. This is doubly so if you have a handicapped child who would get social benefits. The reason many handicapped people who make it big still come from upper class is because only they have the parents who have the intelligence to navigate the incredibly complicated system of budgets and agencies.
I disagree. You don't need intelligence to be a loving parent but you do need it to become a good parent. If you are not very intelligent you can't use sophisticated rearing techniques. Derpy is a loving mother but I do see her as not a ultra good one because of her soft nature and lack of intelligence. You are right though in that being intelligent but not using it productively can become a major hinderance.
Also pushing a child towards acadamic excellence usually makes a child more happy. Of course like with everything you can do it too much but children need direction and focusing their efforts towards a goal helps them feel important and like they matter. Also if you make school out to be very important a child will do so as well. However again that is only if the parent is willing to put in that effort.
"or worry about stuff that wouldn’t even occur to a dumber person" on the other hand it could also be that your child is having problems but you can't figure out what it is and assume they are just being naughty.
"your kid has to struggle to comprehend you, and that can lead to conflict over rules" not comphrehending means a lack of social skills not intelligence. Also intelligence is genetic so that problem will only really arise if you have a highly intelligent parent and a not very intelligent child. The reverse though is potentially more damaging as a highly intelligent child can quickly learn how to manipulate and fool their parent. This removes most of the authority of the parent which is really bad.
Before and actually still somewhat I see Diamond Tiara as an example of a child very far above her parents in intellgence. She knows how to scheme and manipulate and doesn't care at all what others think or say about her.
Being intelligent means you can see paterns in your child that could signal problems and can make you better at coming up with solutions. Also in our modern world administration and social talks is a big part of being a parent and intelligence is key there. This is doubly so if you have a handicapped child who would get social benefits. The reason many handicapped people who make it big still come from upper class is because only they have the parents who have the intelligence to navigate the incredibly complicated system of budgets and agencies.