Have they isolated for variables in a double blind study? My guess is that its a coincidental finding. Smarter people generally have smarter children. Breast feeding is what we have been told is best (no argument here) and more smart people do it than dumb people.
I would also guess that people who have started a successful business have higher IQs, but giving someone a successful business isn’t going to make them smarter.
Reading the whole article indicates, Yes.
Or women who have the time and luxury to prolong breastfeeding tend to be those who spend more time with their children, which leads to smarter kids.
Whether you are conceptually into "Intelligent Design" or "Evolution" (or "Intelligently Designed Evolution") you've gotta admit that the formulation of mothers' milk has been microcalibrated over thousands of generations with very strict specifications: any inferior product decreased babies' chances of surviving, developing well, and having babies of their own.
I think mothers' milk is a product of genius. But that's just me.
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What’s funny is that it used to be that those who had a high regard for the well being of their children would breastfeed. That high regard for their children resulted in higher IQ’s, simply from the parent paying attention to and spending time with, and inherently teaching their children.
Then, the left came along and said - “look, breastfeeding makes kids smarter! Let’s push everyone to do it!”.
Well, their program worked, and those who had a low “givadam” factor joined those with a high “givadam” factor, breastfeeding their children, but still neglecting them otherwise, and it exposed the lack of causative relationship of breastfeeding to IQ.
GIve the subject matter, wouldn't that actually be a quadruple blind study?
Ditto that, but for a different reason.
I figure that people who who are inclined to take the time to breast feed, likely are inclined to invest more time and effort with their kids at all levels.