Comments on: Adopted Children Do Worse In School, Despite Having Better Parents

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:32:28 +0000

Psychologists go to great lengths to think up explanations that don’t involve genetic heritability of intelligence, impulsivity, and other important personality traits, a careful avoidance of wrong-think known as “science”. Mentally sound parents do not abandon their kids, and if they die in a plane crash, their kids are usually adopted by family members.

By: Jehu

Jehu — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:22:58 +0000

Right now it is really hard to get a non-special needs white kid for adoption, especially if you want them under two years of age. So, Lucklucky, I think the answer presently is hell yes. Abortion has really put a serious damper on the availability of basically functional kids that just need parents for adoption. Back around WW2 there were way more non-dysfunctional white adoptees available.

By: Lucklucky

Lucklucky — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:09:38 +0000

Do adopted children have really better parents on “average”?

By: Biker Dad

Biker Dad — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:20:28 +0000

What demographic variables are they controlling? Other than “in family” adoptions (couple adopts their dead sibling’s kids), the great majority of adoptions in the last couple decades have been either international or children from “challenging” circumstances.

By: Dan Kurt

Dan Kurt — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:26:27 +0000

Does not that headline suggest that the IQ of the Adopting Parents is higher that that of the Adoptee’s Parents? If so, there is no mystery. What else would you have you expected?