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The Nurture Assumption
Judith Rich Harris · 1999 · 462 pages
What shapes a person? Genetics or environment; nature or nurture? In the past when this argument has been raised, it has been assumed that the single most important environmental factor was the style of parenting. In this compelling book, Judith Harris argues for the primacy of one's own peers in the process of molding character and affecting life paths.
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Steven Pinker
“A grandmother from New Jersey uses genetics, ethnography, and child psychology to refute the dogma that parents shape their children’s intelligence and personality. A major influence on my own book The Blank Slate.”↗
