I use to assume, the older the father, the smarter the child. However, I was wrong. The article "Older Fathers Linked to Lower I.Q. Scores", was very interesting and informing. The article informs us that after a study was completed on 8 month old, 4 year old, and 7 year old it was shown that children who are father by older men has a lower I.Q. and an other cognitive measures, when compared to children who are father by younger men. In contrast, children that are conceived by older mothers perform higher on cognitive measures, when compared to children who are born to younger mothers.
I found both the male and female aspect of this study very interesting. One would think because a baby is born to an older man they would be smarter for various reasons. For instances, one reason is maturity. I know maturity doesn't play a major role, if any at all when concerning I.Q. levels or genes, but one would assume because an individual has more experience they would teach their child more or have them participate in many different academic extra activities to help build their children's I.Q. And as far as older women is concerned I think their child may score higher on an I.Q. test because they may value the importance of their children's educations more, when compared to someone who is younger. I'm not saying that younger mothers don't value or care about their child's education, I just believe it may not be as important to them. Every mother wants their child to be smart but it's a question of what are you going to do academically in order to help them get where they should be or where you want them to be academically. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/health/10dads.html??
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really interesting. like you, i would have assumed that older parents might lead to better performance in school. but i don't know why i make that assumption. perhaps, experience? school friends? that the results are lower for older dads, though, is truly a mystery.
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