I've read that intelligence is inherited from the mother. However only about 40-60% intelligence is inherited.
But we can just skip the first sentence and blame it on the berries. Or on some days, so that it suits to other purposes, skip the last sentence and blame it on the mother. :)
@smallsteps is just so ready to conquer the whole world with her cheerful and persistent attitude.
I hope for my daughter's sake, this is true.
Supposedly there is an ingredient or two in lingonberries and similar that helps with brain development. I would say that a good diet has effects on mental development in the same way as physical.
I blame the whiny days on the mother. :D
Obviously. That's basic parenting number one. Been there, done that too.
However, I've also read that creativity is inherited from the father. And genuine intelligence, not something that can be learned from books and in your daughters case I assume she doesn't read scientific books or journals that much yet, is actually very creative. So all your bases are covered either way.
I really hope that the creativity is from my side :D
I see "book smart" as memory intelligence for the most part. Broader intelligence comes down to the application of what one knows to solve the problems one faces. It has to be adaptive and many people who are book smart seem not to have the creative power to adapt. Of course, there are hoses for courses and many types of people are needed as it is unlikely there are many who are truly "renaissance people"
For insane's sake, further explanation needed.
Ah! That must lack an R. Horses for courses. Never encountered that sentence before.
No need to explain, explained it myself. If my explanation is incorrect, I don't care.
typo. Horses for courses.
It means that some horses have skills on different track conditions.
I better start learning more idioms. Because without knowing them and if there's a typo and I assume something, the whole meaning probably changes to something completely different in my head.