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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Dec 2015

    Why parenting may not matter and why most social science research is probably wrong | Quillette http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-matter-and-why-most-social-science-research-is-probably-wrong/ … via QuilletteM

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      1. Adrian Lopez‏ @PaladinZilch 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        While basic personality traits are likely genetic, their expression (in the form of choices and actions) probably isn't. @sapinker

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      2. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @PittLabs Could a child turn out Jewish who was raised in a gentile home? Does Jewish culture perhaps carry something of value?

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      3. Jules Pitt‏ @PittLabs 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @christopherburd

        @christopherburd @sapinker It's referring to influence over quantitative measures, not qualitative ones like the value of religion.

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      4. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PittLabs

        @PittLabs @sapinker Exactly, but that's a point often missed in discussion. Most parents wd agree that basic character is largely innate.

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      5. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @christopherburd

        @PittLabs @sapinker Let me specify: most parents *with more than one child*. :-)

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      6. Jules Pitt‏ @PittLabs 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @christopherburd

        @christopherburd @sapinker Ha, that hadn't occurred to me.

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      7. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PittLabs

        @PittLabs @sapinker Do you have kids?

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      8. Jules Pitt‏ @PittLabs 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @christopherburd

        @christopherburd Not as yet! I am trying to psych myself into not becoming a paranoid control freak parent like most I know, however.

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      9. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PittLabs

        @PittLabs With the 2nd child you lose any sense of controlling your *own* life, let alone the child's. It's a good thing.

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      1. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror 1 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Well that's a relief..oh wait, they've got epigenetics now to keep mom on the hook!

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      2. Good Life Decoder‏ @GoodLifeDecoder 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker The iPhone analogy really helps to clarify the issue a lot. After all, it doesn't seem that strange to argue that personality (1)

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      3. Good Life Decoder‏ @GoodLifeDecoder 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @GoodLifeDecoder

        @sapinker itself isn't affected by parenting, e.g. if a kid is inherently extroverted.But it seems equally sensible that parenting would (2)

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      4. Good Life Decoder‏ @GoodLifeDecoder 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @GoodLifeDecoder

        @sapinker influence how a kid is partially conditioned to express its fixed personality,e.g.what was it taught (not) to be ashamed of (3)

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      5. Good Life Decoder‏ @GoodLifeDecoder 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @GoodLifeDecoder

        @sapinker Or at least parenting would heavily influence everyday levels of happiness, which in return influence a kid's drive/choices (4)

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      1. mcrowl‏ @mcrowl 1 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @SMABSO I agree that most social science research has a long way to go, so I'm backing the parental influence...

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      1. susan silver‏ @suz_8 1 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker hmmmmm

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      1. Alec Rogers‏ @alecrogers1968 1 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker except I dare any parent to put that to the test...

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      1. Cuomo Core's Gottago‏ @CeaseCommonCore 2 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Parents still the primary educators of their children. Do you follow Washington and their mess? #ESEApic.twitter.com/hCYzH0TMhI

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      1. R-Index‏ @R__INDEX 2 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker @clairlemon If A is true, B does not follow. Most social science research does not exam nature/nurture questions.

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      1. Frank J. Ranelli‏ @FrankJRanelli 2 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker Judging by intransigent comments, it appears parents simply cannot eschew the still pervasive but mistaken "Blank State" theory.

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