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"Intelligence to Raise Kids" -- Genius can be just as much a "handicap" as low IQ, paralysis, blindness, deafness, poverty or affluence. Not very many people look good under a microscope. Once you start thinking about what a child "ought" to have or "deserves" to have, somebody's parental rights are in jeopardy. And naturally we judge others based on ourselves being somewhere between average (at minimum) and superior. Yes, there are times a child should be removed from his parents. There are times a parent should be supervised or guided or coached. But "handicaps" are not always the indicator.
ReplyDeleteExactly. And the article points out that we should be helping and supporting parents who are having trouble instead of taking their kids away.
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