2006-10-21 15:08:54 · 12 answers · asked by Crystal K. 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Have sex with a smart person. Get good prenatal care, and avoid toxins. Expose the child to literature, classical music, art and philosophy. Use correct grammar when addressing the child, avoiding mawkish baby talk. Show your child through your example, the joy of learning, and the value of intellectual pursuit. Do not talk down to your child. What he or she doesn't get now, he will eventually, and will consider advanced topics of consideration to be a commonplace and ordinary occurrence. And, let your child have time to play, explore and learn on his own.....rigid structure of a child's life is counter productive, and will burn him out, and turn him off to learning. Keep it light, keep it fun, and keep it low key and ordinary.
2006-10-21 15:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by yellowcab208 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stay healthy while pregnant - no alcohol, no tobacco, no drugs.
Raise the baby in a stimulating environment. Have some educational toys, have a lot of interaction with the little critter. I'm told that this is the single most important factor that a parent can do. Besides, it's fun! Encourage them to explore different things all through their life.
Expose him to different experiences when he's growing - things like travel, theater, music, movies, even TV (yes, it's not always a boob tube).
Send him to a good school. This might mean moving into that school district.
Encourage him to take challenging classes in school when he has the chance - the advanced placement classes are great. Push for a foreign language, too, especially if he can take it in elementary school. A lot of european schools start foreign languages much earlier than the US schools do.
Sports are a great option, as long as it's not the be-all and end-all of their life. Band is also.
2006-10-21 15:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read. Read to him/her. Let the child see you reading. Read the funny paper to the child, smart people have a sense of humor. Read billboards so that the child associates words with illustrations (picture reading), read highway signs, read the back of the cereal box, get it? It is the most important thing you can do for your child. Good luck to you!
2006-10-21 15:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by annabellesilby 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Encourage
2006-10-21 15:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat healthy while preggo, no smoking, drinking or other types of toxins in your bod. Could try the reading while in tummy thing, but most of all the intel of your young nerdlet will depend on the I.Q. of it's parents.
2006-10-21 15:12:25 · answer #5 · answered by scottyurb 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
make wise and healthy choices for yourself while bebe is in utero...and set healthy examples as the child grows and matures. don't pressure, but guide. allow exploration, creativity, and freedom to reign. raising kids is not easy, but you can sure make it the best experience for the child if you allow them to be children.
2006-10-21 15:17:20 · answer #6 · answered by samina650 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read to them from the moment they are born. I used to read long chapter books to my infants. Encourage all of their interests. Spend time talking to them and listening.
2006-10-21 15:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by luna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been a proven fact that having your children listen to classical from in the womb until 5 years of age will improve their iq tremendously.
2006-10-21 15:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
u could try getting them interested in books,reading.
but i think the best thing u could do is study,learn,read yourself!!!
kids follow role models,if they see you (their parent) doing all these things,they will do the same.(well most will).
2006-10-21 15:17:22 · answer #9 · answered by forest lover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
communication to you child is the best..
2006-10-21 15:11:09 · answer #10 · answered by leigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋