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    Default Moms: what do you think about IQ testing?

    Just curious from the mothers on this board...how do you feel about IQ testing for your child....do or would you participate in it? What do you think about the long term implications of your child being labeled early on as "intelligent"? I think typically school based IQ testing occurs in the K to first grade age range.
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    I'm not a mom but I can't see any reason I'd want to have my kid tested. I got labelled with a high IQ when I was in kindergarten and it caused me a ton of problems all the way through school, and my parents were convinced that anything less than straight A's meant I wasn't really trying. What's the point of applying lables to your kids anyway? IQ really doesn't tell you anything useful.

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    There's no point in it, IMO. An IQ score doesn't determine how successful my child will be in school or life overall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glamazon View Post
    There's no point in it, IMO. An IQ score doesn't determine how successful my child will be in school or life overall.
    So true! Raising your child will let you know enough about them. My girl was not the brightest in school. Now, she is a computer geek, and makes damn good money! She just struggled in school.

    Now she's a young adult, she is highly clever in her decisions.

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    Some of the most intelligent people can be so socially retarded. And it wont matter if you're a "genius" if you can't carry on a conversation well enough to get the job.

    No, I wouldn't test my son's IQ, I'd encourage him to do his best in school, be a good person and strive for great things. Then keep my fingers crossed and pray like mad that he makes it!




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    Default Re: Moms: what do you think about IQ testing?

    IQ really doesn't tell you anything useful.
    I would disagree across the board with that notion, but set aside a stigma based on a high IQ for a moment (since it's a moving target for many children). IQ exams can be a useful tool in discovering developmental disabilities in children.

    As to a child being labeled gifted, I wouldn't worry too much about that; our public education system is really only interested in LCD programs and their attendant disastrous results. Being labeled as gifted is the least of a smart kid's problems in a public school.
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    ^^^I agree. It's not so much to see if your kid is a super-genius. It's to spot any problems early so they can get help.



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    I am happily convinced my daughter is super intelligent, but have absolutely no plans to have her tested at any stage. If I had concerns about her development then yup I guess I would want to have her tested.

    It may not seem like a big deal to be labeled "gifted" in a system where it is going to be ignored, but it can put a lot of pressure on the kids that people dont realise. It was decided that I was a bright little cookie quite young and it just seemed like there were too many expectations as to what that meant I would do with myself. I've worked hard over the years destroying brain cells to the point where I feel comfortably stupid now and am able to achieve a lot more than I ever could when I was "intelligent"
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    Default Re: Moms: what do you think about IQ testing?

    Its been proven that IQ tests in childhood have very low accuracy- as in, little correlation with IQ tests performed later. So no, I wouldn't do it because its irrelevant.

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    Default Re: Moms: what do you think about IQ testing?

    Not a mom, but I am a dad, and a retired teacher, so...

    IQ testing is not at all important unless you are trying to get into a school or program for gifted and talented or advanced learners. Even then it is not as important as achievement testing.

    As for attitudes of other students and teachers, well...do you think nobody will notice that a child is smart unless they take an IQ test?

    I have a former (thankfully) sister-in-law who were always bragging about her high IQ. I never bothered to tell her that mine was about 20 points higher than what she claimed. She wanted to be admired as the smartest person in the family, but she was such an ass that nobody admired her at all.

    So, if you DO IQ test your child and it turns out she has a high IQ, be sure to teach her good attitudes about it, such as humility and a recognition that all people have talents that are just as important as IQ, if not more. Most people do not automatically hate people who have high IQs, just the ones who are arrogant about it.

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