Could this be possible?

KarenX · Number of posts: 71 Registration date: 2009-02-24

Conrad wrote:

nelle wrote:

Nope. Not a bit. But what will he say if his daughter displays a period of rebellion as a toddler?

deny it, implicitly blame Christina, say that of course there are also biological factors, something like that

He's actually answered the question in that thread. If his daughter comes out wrong, he'll revise his whole theory. He'd have to, because he wouldn't have unwittingly made any mistakes raising her, so the theory would have been wrong.

Conrad · Subject: Re: Could this be possible? Thu May 28, 2009 2:11 pm

KarenX wrote:

Conrad wrote:

nelle wrote:

Nope. Not a bit. But what will he say if his daughter displays a period of rebellion as a toddler?

deny it, implicitly blame Christina, say that of course there are also biological factors, something like that

He's actually answered the question in that thread. If his daughter comes out wrong, he'll revise his whole theory. He'd have to, because he wouldn't have unwittingly made any mistakes raising her, so the theory would have been wrong.

it is an interesting choice he has to make at a moment like that: seeing himself as being right intellectually or as being right morally.

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Stewart · Subject: Re: Could this be possible? Thu May 28, 2009 11:23 pm

I think you're missing the obvious, third possibility. Like so many parents before him, he can simply deny that there is anything amiss with his child in the first place.

Failing that, he (again, like so many other parents) will blame external influences, such as friends, school, etc.

vichy · Subject: Re: Could this be possible? Fri May 29, 2009 9:03 pm

Failing that, he (again, like so many other parents) will blame external influences, such as friends, school, etc.
There is some evidence that neurology and peer-influences are far more formative in children's personality and behaviour than anything parents do. Which is probably a good thing.