科研有时候也可以很好玩。最近看到一则有关科研成果的报道，令我不禁莞尔：父亲多花时间和孩子在一起，可以提高孩子的智商（IQ）。昨天，我已经将这条消息向全家人通报，一是为了证明以后我有充足的理由和孩子一起玩，二是先占据阵地：如果孩子将来有了大出息，ＩＱ巨高什么的，那都是我作父亲的功劳。

我是非常喜欢跟孩子在一起玩的，女儿跟我关系非常好。不必要的应酬，我一般都推掉，以便和女儿在一起。一个吃惊的发现：以前在政府工作时，应酬特别多，现在作了“商人”了，应酬反而少了。过去是别人找你办事，现在是你找别人办事，主动权在自己手里。另外，我们这一行的外企比较规范，关于请客送礼等等有一大套规定。还有，现在打交道的是科学家、大学老师、校长，都是有文化和有层次的人，没有人拉住你玩命喝酒。去年拜访了２０多所高校，受到校长们的款待也不少，总共加起来也没有我过去半年喝的酒多。

说实话，虽然这是科研成果，我并不特别相信二者之间的联系。但这件事的好处是，提醒那些在事业上努力打拼的父亲们，为了下一代，一定要多抽时间与孩子在一起。

有必要说明一下：我只是读到报纸上的简短介绍，如果想知道具体科研方法、过程和结果，请找论文全文来看看。这篇论文发表在期刊Evolution and Human Behaviour上，该期刊是The Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)的期刊，由爱思唯尔负责出版。http://www.ehbonline.org/

媒体上的报道：

Dads, please note -- the more time you spend with your child, the more intelligent the toddler is going to be, says a new study.

 

Researchers in Britain have carried out the study and found that children whose fathers play an active role in their upbringing not only have higher IQs but are likely to achieve a higher social status later in life too.

 

"The (study's) data suggest that having a second adult involved during childhood produces benefits in terms of skills and abilities that endure throughout adult life," said lead researcher Dr Daniel Nettle.

 

Dr Nettle and colleagues at Newcastle University came to the conclusion after analysing the data of the study which involved more than 11,000 British men and women, born in 1958, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.

 

They asked the mothers of the subjects how often the father of their child took part in activities with their kids, including reading, organising outings and "quality time".

 

The researchers found that those kids whose fathers spent more time with them had a higher IQ and were actually more socially mobile than those who had got little attention. The differences were still detectable by the age of 42.

 

In addition, the study revealed that fathers tended to pay more attention to their sons than their daughters.

 

"What was surprising about this research was the real sizeable difference in the progress of children who benefited from paternal interest and how 30 years later, people whose dads were involved are more upwardly mobile," Dr Nettle said.

 

The study has been published in the latest edition of the 'Evolution and Human Behaviour' journal.

The Press Trust of India

 

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