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Infant's Intelligence
Quotient (IQ)
Can Parenting Techniques Lead to Higher IQs in Babies?
By Kelly Burgess
The idea of measuring IQ, or one's intelligence quotient, has been around for a long time. In a nutshell, IQ attempts to measure a person's intelligence to predict his educational achievement. Not too many years ago, researchers began asking the logical question of why many children with high IQs did not go on to high achievements, often doing poorly in school or attaining mediocre jobs in adulthood.
While the reasons are probably as varied as human personalities, this quest for answers brought about the theory of emotional intelligence, or EQ. A person with a high EQ not only is intelligent, but also can perceive 
and generate emotions that assist in thought and decision making. Another way to understand the difference is through this comparison: IQ gets you through school; EQ gets you through life.
To IQ and EQ Dr. John Mike would like to add CQ, or character quotient. Dr. Mike, author of Brilliant Babies, Powerful Adults: Awaken the Genius Within (Select Press, 1997), says that, in addition to intelligence, we need to take a deeper look at our humanity.
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