What’s the subliminal yet instant way to make sure your kids go to school, stay in school,  get to college and be a whole lot smarter than the rest? (the answer will surprise you )

Dr Joel Block shares with us a simple secret that requires no special tactics, expensive education or arm-twisting.…just lots of shelf space.

Read on to find out what it is…

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Want Smart Kids? Here’s What to Do

by Dr Joel Block, Ph.D.

Buy a lot of books.

That seems kind of obvious, right? But what’s surprising, according to a new study published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, is just how strong the correlation is between a child’s academic achievement and the number of books his or her parents own. It’s even more important than whether the parents went to college or hold white-collar jobs.

Books matter. A lot.

The study was conducted over 20 years, in 27 countries, and surveyed more than 70,000 people. Researchers found that children who grew up in a home with more than 500 books spent 3 years longer in school than children whose parents had only a few books. Also, a child whose parents have lots of books is nearly 20-percent more likely to finish college.

For comparison purposes, the children of educated parents (defined as people with at least 15 years of schooling) were 16-percent more likely than the children of less-educated parents to get their college degrees. Formal education matters, but not as much as books.

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