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The average expectable environment is not good enough: a response to Scarr.

Child development - 1 Oct 1993

Baumrind D

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I take the position, contrary to Scarr's, that the details of socialization patterns are crucial to an understanding of normal and deviant development. Considerable evidence has accrued to justify the claim that what normal parents do or fail to do crucially affects their children's development. Research is cited to support the argument that better than "good enough" parenting optimizes the development of both...

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Adolescent
Child
Child of Impaired Parents
Child, Preschool
Developmental Disabilities
Genotype
Humans
Individuality
Intelligence
Personality Development
Psychosocial Deprivation
Risk Factors

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