Is the parents are smart, will the children likely be smart?

Question

If both parents graduated from Brown, what are the chances of their children being smart?

Answer 1

This is something that is genetically determined..Probability is there that smart parents will have smart children but all depends on the upbringing of the child.

Answer 2

poor kid!......................

Answer 3

Depends on what kinda smart your looking for, theirs book smart, street smart, common since smart, etc. Kids will only be what you make of them.

Answer 4

Intelligence is an inherited characteristic, but falls along the normal curve, so statistically the odds favor intelligent children, there is no guarantee on any single kid.

Answer 5

i think they will be srnart too

Answer 6

Having a degree makes you educated, it doesn't necessarily mean you're intelligent.

Answer 7

Most of the time yes, if the parents are well educated they’d push their kids harder to do well in school.

Answer 8

Not necessarily

Answer 9

It usually works out that way. Also, the fact that Mon & Dad value education usually influences their children so that they will do well in school too.