What Makes a Smart and Happy Kid? Q & A with Dr. John Medina
Editor's Note: Becoming a parent can be one of the most
exhilarating and confounding experiences of our lives. When you
have a baby, information and advice come at you from a million
different directions. Everyone, including family, friends,
"experts" and even marketers, have an idea about how you can
best help your child thrive. We sat down and talked with Dr.
John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and the author
of the Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at
Work, Home, and School and Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a
Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five about what science
actually tells us (and doesn't) about raising a smart and happy
kid. In your book you explain that intelligence is more than IQ.
What are the essential ingredients of human intelligence? We
have no idea [laughing]! IQ measures a form of something, but we
actually don’t know what it measures. Some researchers believe
IQ might predict nothing more