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<blockquote data-quote="maril" data-source="post: 322347" data-attributes="member: 5937"><p>Thanks for the link! Very good read. </p><p> </p><p>Paragraph near the conclusion of the article with some interesting points: </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">Finally, there is the gift of humility, which parents need to offer one another. We can fuss and fret and shuttle and shelter, but in the end, what we do may not matter as much as we think. <em>Freakonomics</em> authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt analyzed a Department of Education study tracking the progress of kids through fifth grade and found that things like how much parents read to their kids, how much TV kids watch and whether Mom works make little difference. "Frequent museum visits would seem to be no more productive than trips to the grocery store," they argued in <em>USA Today</em>. "By the time most parents pick up a book on parenting technique, it's too late. Many of the things that matter most were decided long ago what kind of education a parent got, what kind of spouse he wound up with and how long they waited to have children." </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maril, post: 322347, member: 5937"] Thanks for the link! Very good read. Paragraph near the conclusion of the article with some interesting points: [FONT=Fixedsys]Finally, there is the gift of humility, which parents need to offer one another. We can fuss and fret and shuttle and shelter, but in the end, what we do may not matter as much as we think. [I]Freakonomics[/I] authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt analyzed a Department of Education study tracking the progress of kids through fifth grade and found that things like how much parents read to their kids, how much TV kids watch and whether Mom works make little difference. "Frequent museum visits would seem to be no more productive than trips to the grocery store," they argued in [I]USA Today[/I]. "By the time most parents pick up a book on parenting technique, it's too late. Many of the things that matter most were decided long ago what kind of education a parent got, what kind of spouse he wound up with and how long they waited to have children." [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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