Bingo. Children are a product of their environment, not their parents. You might not be able to improve their parents, but improving their environment isn't an impossiblity. You want better practices in education, not a selective breeding program.
Ambershee: I get your point, but you should also note that the parents are PART of the child's environment, and often a more influential part. Typically it's the parents and close piers in school, that mold a child's opinions and actions.
Namco Bandai is amazing! Only in Japan.For parents having their third child or beyond, Namco Bandai will give a support bonus of 2 million yen. Parents having their first or second child will receive a bonus of 200,000 yen. Through this program, Namco Bandai hopes to have male employees take part in child rearing. The 2…
Ha, no. But environment is a big factor. Intelligent people tend to raise intelligent kids. Which comes more from the way they where raised, the way they interact with the world and how they see things as well as how well they can articulate themselves. They tend to interact with their kids instead of ignore them.…
Oh wow hello wild conclusions where did you jump to? A HUGE part of a child's environment is the home and stability the parents provide. How well a child does in school and in life, directly correlates to how involved the parents are in that child's life. The tactics they use to the scare the kids that aren't going to…
It's definitely a nice idea, I hear the population levels are on the decline in Japan. Although, isn't 200,000 JPY like $2500? Now I'm not a parent yet, but I wouldn't have thought $2500 would go a long way to supporting a new baby?! Also, what do they get in the way of paternity leave over there? Here in the UK men get a…