Indiana
University study: having children significantly lowers parents’ IQs
By Mike
Gaddis, THG News
A five-year study run by
Indiana University’s
Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction proves what many
in the scientific community have always suspected: having children significantly
lowers the IQ of both male and female parents.
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.
Dr. Hosung Lee, director
of the study, was not surprised with the findings. “The research proved that
our hypothesis was correct. Having children does retard one’s brain activity,
and since both parents lost intelligence, we must assume that this loss has a
psychological rather than biological cause.”
The IQ tests show that
when a child is born, the part of the brain that makes one think objectively
takes the biggest hit when it comes to losing brainpower. “This explains why
every parent thinks their child is the smartest kid in class or the best
athlete, even if that child is as dumb as a box of rocks or needs a calendar to
time their forty-yard dash. People who before were intelligent and open-minded
turn into raving lunatics who want to blame a teacher or coach every time their
mediocre child fails,” said Lee.
Lee says the Kinsey
Institute will continue to test the couples participating in the study to
determine if the loss of intelligence is reversible once children grow up and
leave the nest and if parents who continue having children lose even more
intelligence.
