"Is it dangerous to claim that parents have no power at all (other than genetic) to shape their child's personality, intelligence, or the way he or she behaves outside the family home? ... A confession: When I first made this proposal ten years ago, I didn't fully believe it myself. I took an extreme position, the null hypothesis of zero parental influence, for the sake of scientific clarity. ... The establishment's failure to shoot me down has been nothing short of astonishing."
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The Edge Annual Question — 2006: WHAT IS YOUR DANGEROUS IDEA?
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Judith Rich Harris
Judith Rich Harris (10 February 1938 – December 29 2018) was an American psychologist. Her books include The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do and No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality.
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