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In reply to the discussion: Are you planning to have children (procreate)? [View all]WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)85. I can't debate you on the grounds of anecdotal evidence...
but I believe the study.
In their book Breakpoint and Beyond, George Land and Beth Jarman describe a longitudinal study they conducted on 1,600 kindergarden children aged three to five. They gave them eight tests on divergent thinking and an astonishing 98 per cent of the children scored within the creative genius category.
Five years later, they re-tested the same children, now aged eight to 10 and only 32 per cent scored in the creative genius category. Five years later only 10 per cent of the children scored in this category. In tests of over 200,000 adults over 25, only two per cent scored enough to be classified as creative geniuses...
http://www.artof4elements.com/entry/35/divergent-thinking
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I am someone who has empathy for birth mothers and the life-long grief they often go through.
StevieM
Aug 2014
#102
"adoption agencies are often ruthless in their efforts to procure babies." Do you have a link
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#112
I think we all have an obligation to pass along knowledge we have pertaining to an injustice.
StevieM
Aug 2014
#129
Crisis pregnancy centers are pure evil. And they deliberately deceive the mother-to-be
StevieM
Aug 2014
#127
I provided the link to the for-profit agency because you raised doubt as to whether they truly exist
StevieM
Aug 2014
#131
I never said they didn't exist. You said that they were all after profits, and that isn't true.
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#135
I agree that there children who genuinely need homes....but the adoption industry doesn't focus
StevieM
Aug 2014
#133
I don't plan to raise children. Most children are wonderful, I like them but have no...
BlueJazz
Aug 2014
#6
It's interesting that people rarely seem to see their own decision to have children as
enough
Aug 2014
#31
I do think, though, we are getting farther away from generations of women who didn't have a choice
Iris
Aug 2014
#62
I'm a unicorn too, lol. I am childless, turned 59 in June & NEVER regretted it.
catbyte
Aug 2014
#92
Nope. Already have one, and having a teenager and a toddler at the same time sounds unpleasant.
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#64
News to me. And I've got a teenager, and I've worked with kids, I guess I'd know.
LeftyMom
Aug 2014
#84
I intend to follow the evolutionary strategy of fathering hundreds of children...
Silent3
Aug 2014
#65
There are at-home methods you can utilize to influence the gender of the baby (eom)
StevieM
Aug 2014
#86
My friend and I used to see movies like "The Secret in Their Eyes"
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Aug 2014
#105
No - The World Is Headed Toward Catabolic Collapse Through A Slow And Grinding Decline
cantbeserious
Aug 2014
#126