"They don't play a reliable role in shaping children's intelligence or their personality" - Paul Bloom, professor of psychology, in this video I came across while procrastinating
tl;dw: he claims children in well-off or middle class families are almost entirely shaped by genetics and non-shared environments (ie environmental factors outside of the household such as school)
what are your parents like? what was your relationship with your parents like? what were the lasting effects of it on you? anything about yourself/your personality that you could confidently point to them as the source of? anything they did, in retrospect, seem hopelesly futile?
how does it compare with the effects school/other environmental factors have had on you? what has affected your personality the most?
tl;dw: he claims children in well-off or middle class families are almost entirely shaped by genetics and non-shared environments (ie environmental factors outside of the household such as school)
what are your parents like? what was your relationship with your parents like? what were the lasting effects of it on you? anything about yourself/your personality that you could confidently point to them as the source of? anything they did, in retrospect, seem hopelesly futile?
how does it compare with the effects school/other environmental factors have had on you? what has affected your personality the most?
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