Parents' Math Skills Rub Off On Their Kids -- Only, Not Mine, Thank God!
Oh, I pray this isn't so! But a new study says that parents' math skills may rub off on their kids. You're looking at someone who got 380 on her math SAT. And this was back in the day when you got 200 points for spelling your name right! But fortunately it looks like my son got his grandmother's math ability (she supposedly had an IQ of over 150). And he got A's in honors geometry last year, so I guess I can't be blamed, at least for that! Parents who excel at math produce children who excel at math. This is according to a recently released University of Pittsburgh study, which shows a distinct transfer of math skills from parent to child, according to newswise.com. The study specifically explored intergenerational transmission--the concept of parental influence on an offspring's behavior or psychology--in mathematic capabilities, according to newswise.com. "Our findings suggest an intuitive sense for numbers has been passed down--kno...