Many people have different philosophies on how and what makes a good parent. Over the years, studies have actually shown what it takes to be a good parent. According to "Freakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the three major things are: genetics, parents high socioeconomic status, and the child’s mother was thirty or older at the time of her first child's birth. More often than not, when a parents are smart, their kids are also smart. “... parents with higher IQs tend to get more education, and IQ is strongly hereditary" (Levitt, 170). If a parent goes to college, then chances are they are going to be smarter than the parent that didn’t attend college, and if they go to college they value a schooling; therefore when they have kids, they will also value education. Let’s say a kid who has both parents that went to college and another whose parents didn’t attend college; it is obvious that the child whose parents both went to college will succeed more than the child whose parents did not attend college. The child with both the parents that went to college will encourage him to read and study every night because that is what they value. On the other hand the other child, his parents may not enforce the schooling as much, so his test scores won't be as high. Another important key to be a good parent, is for the parents to have a high socioeconomic status. “Socioeconomics status is a strong indicator of success in general- it suggest a higher IQ and more education- and successful parents are more likely to have successful children” (Levitt 170). If parents have a high socioeconomic status, that means that they have a high work experience, they are higher than most in income, occupation, and education. If the parents live are highly educated than their kids are more likely to be highly educated as well. Chances are the kid whose parents have a higher income than most will send their kids to a private school,