Be popular, not genius

SOME mothers may wish their children were mini Einsteins. But it seems far more would prefer their offspring to be the life and soul of the sleepover.

A Goldsmiths University of London survey has found intelligence ranked low on a list of characteristics mothers would most like to see in their son or daughter.

Sociability, in contrast, is highly prized.

According to the poll, just 10 per cent rated intelligence as the most important trait.

Meanwhile, 51 per cent put extroversion, the trait that describes sociable, first.