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Parental Influence
§Parental influence is largely genetic. Indeed this support is essential in nurturing children, however, other socializing factors also play an important role.
Although raised in the same family
some children are more risk takers.
Text Box: Miquel L. Fairbanks
Miquel L. Fairbanks
Text Box: © The New Yorker Collection, 2001. Barbara Smaller from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved
© The New Yorker Collection, 2001. Barbara
 Smaller  from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved
OBJECTIVE 7-3| Explain why we should be careful about attributing children’s successes and failure to their parents’ influence.