-WEEKLY NEWS ep.3-
"The eldest child is probably smarter than their siblings"
Being the youngest out of all my siblings, this headline caught my eye immediately. I find the article overall very patronising and not factual.
The article consists of theories as to why the IQ of siblings usually drops in chronological order. One of the theories was that the elder siblings teach the younger siblings what they know, which improves their understanding and knowledge. As much as I can understand this theory because 'practice makes perfect', I do not agree with it.
Another theory was that the eldest child gets the parents full, undivided attention when they are an only child, before they have any more children.
I think the headline was over exaggerated. This is because one of the only statistically proven points in this article was that the difference in IQ amongst the tested children came out an average of 1.5 points drop. This is not as drastic as expected from the headline.
I enjoyed this weekly news thoroughly mostly because it has little sense; What if you had half siblings how would it affect you then? Plus me being the eldest in my household sibling wise I know I didn't get the most attention as a child up to a young adult.
ReplyDeleteOpinions of others would of made this Weekly News even better then it already was; I would of loved to know how other specialist felt about this subject matter