Title: A Must-Read for Parents
Product review: This book calls into question much of today's conventional wisdom regarding families and child-raising. The author points out the lack of conclusory evidence regarding the long-term effects of divorce, parenting styles (strict versus lenient), single parenting, early attachment and Freudian concepts. It also points out that culture-which does affect personality, at least to some extent--is transmitted through peer influence more than parental influence. The book suggests that parents' true role is to enjoy their kids and to provide them with opportunities--to attend good schools, to live in good neighborhoods, to fit in with their peers to the extent their peers are positive influences and to remove kids, if necessary (and possible), from negative peer or cultural influences. This book is on my short list of books that actually changed my way of thinking.
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