Title: A completely new look at why we are who we are
Product review: This book is a true 'paradigm-shifter'. In my readings on the socialistation of children, this is also the first book I have found in a long time which almost totally accords with what I consider to be common-sense notions, that parents are simply not the be all and end all of why we turn out the way we are. The great tragedy of the way some people have received this book is the tendency at times to criticise the implications of the author's argument, or to mount personal attacks on the author, rather than to question the truth of what the author is saying. One criticism levelled at 'The Nurture Assumption' it merely relieves bad parents of guilt. This is not true. Children have rights to be treated well - and they possess these rights as children - not merely as future adults. The originality and intellectual fertility of 'The Nurture Assumption' is a great contribution to our search for the answer to the eternal question of why we are who we are.
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