I want to believe in that model for human nature, but I think you would only have a minority of people actively avoiding their parent's mistakes. Too often, thi

I want to believe in that model for human nature, but I think you would only have a minority of people actively avoiding their parent's mistakes. Too often, things like cycles of bad parenting (from lack of discipline and care, all the way along the spectrum to abuse and neglect) seem to repeat. It's not that people want to do these terrible things as they were done to them, but often we don't know any better or it's what feels familiar. That, and poverty and bad education are big risk factors for teen pregnancy, and being born to poor, poorly educated people isn't likely to lead to you riches and a fine education.