Well,this explains a great deal

Well,this explains a great deal of the incessant chatter from parents about their children, doesn't it?

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.”

I'll be interested to see when their IQ goes back up again.

UPDATE: Direct quote from my sister, Christi, regarding this study.

how about this for a hypothesis? when you become a parent, you have no room in your brain for really important things since you have to suddenly remember all there is to know about emergency first aid care and where the diaper rash ointment is and how to get the seatbelts in this *&!!@#@! car seat to work right! that's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by Kathy at September 1, 2004 04:03 PM | TrackBack