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The Nurture Assumption

Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, Revised and Updated

Judith Rich Harris

This Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times notable pick challenges the long-held belief that parents have a significant impact on their children's development. The author combines multiple fields of study to explain how children's tendency to learn from their peers is advantageous for their evolution. This fresh, updated edition will make readers question their assumptions about childhood and parenting.
Publish Date
1999-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
1999-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1998
Goodreads Rating
4.13
ISBN
9781439101650
Recommendations
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A grandmother from New Jersey uses genetics, ethnography, and child psychology to refute the dogma that parents shape their children's intelligence and personality.      source