kids make you stupid
so i’ve been casually looking for a hook to hang this story on since i first ran into it, and i finally found one…
Being an Adult [climb to the stars]She was telling me how being a parent isn’t something one can be really prepared for. As a kid, we always think our parents know what they are doing – but as a first-time parent, you just do what you can. You don’t know much more than before the baby arrived. You’re not transformed into another person because you just gave birth.
just to emphasize the point, You’re not transformed into another person because you just gave birth.
sure you are!
Indiana University study: having children significantly lowers parents’ IQs [hoosier gazette, september 2004]Researchers at the Kinsey Institute began their study in 1999 by giving 200 married couples who were planning on starting families within the next four years Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests. By 2003, all but 27 of these couples had conceived.
Another IQ test was given to each set of parents successful in conceiving and birthing a baby six months after their child was born. These results were compared to the previous intelligence tests.
In every single one of the 173 cases, both parents scored at least twelve points lower on the second IQ test, with the majority of parents losing twenty or more IQ points.
so there you have it. parents donate part of their brains to their children.
every single one…. at least twelve points lower.
i guess the next study will be how much brain is left after the 2nd…3rd… 6th child.