Quote from nitro:
Something to keep you busy until I find the original reference:
http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/papers/nature_nurture.pdf
Several quotes from page 11
"The discovery that the shared family
environment has little to no lasting effect
on personality and intelligence
comes as a shock to the traditional wisdom
that âas the twig is bent, so grows
the branch.â It casts doubt on forms of
psychotherapy that seek the roots of an
adultâs dysfunction in the family environment,
on theories that attribute adolescentsâ
alcoholism, smoking, and delinquency
to how they were treated in
early childhood, and on the philosophy
of parenting experts that parental micromanagement
is the key to a well-adjusted
child."
"Setting aside cases of
extreme neglect or abuse, whatever experiences
siblings share by growing up
in the same home in a given culture
make little or no difference to the kind
of people they turn into."
".... But they [parents] donât seem to
determine their childrenâs intellects,
tastes, and personalities in the long run."
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This paper is a handy reference to let ALL parents off the hook not just those whose raised a mutant.