There are three types of intelligence.
Intelligent Quotient (IQ)
Emotional Quotient (EQ)
Social Quotient (SQ)
Here is what each of these mean and their impact.
People that have higher EQ and SQ tend to go farther in life than those with high IQ but low EQ and SQ. Most schools capitalize in improving IQ level while EQ and SQ are played down.
A man of high IQ can end up being employed by a man of high EQ and SQ even though he has an average IQ.
Your EQ represents your character; your SQ represents your fame. Give in to habits that will improve these three Qs but more especially your EQ and SQ.
EQ and SQ make one manage better than the other.
children can work upon not only IQ but also on EQ and SQ.
Now, there is a 4th one : A new paradigm
The AQ determines who will give up in face of troubles, who will abandon their family or who will consider suicide.
Expose children to other areas of life than academic. They should adore manual work (never use work as a form of punishment), sport and art. Develop their EQ, SQ and AQ. They should become multifaceted human beings able to do things independently of the parents.
Finally, do not prepare the way for the children. Let them Prepare their own way.