INTELLIGENCE

One of the most important areas in which children differ from each other is in intelligence. These differences are present at birth but they are hard to measure that early. As the child grows a little older, his behavior is compared with hundreds of other children of his age to see whether he can do more, less, or the same number of intelligent things. When a grandmother says ‘don’t worry if he starts walking at fifteen month, many children walk late’, her statement is based on observations of many children of that age. With age, individual differences in intelligence become clear and acquire greater importance in the lives of children and their parents. Individual differences in intelligence are mainly inherited. Neither you nor your baby have any control over heredity. Normally, if both the parents and grandparents are intelligent, the child will probably be intelligent. A person is termed intelligent when he is able to grasp quickly and understand things.