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I'm sorry to bring bad news, but you are probably wrong. Kids tend to be like their biological parents. http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-m

• pm90 9y ago
  That is a very revealing article, thanks for sharing! I think one interesting point the article makes is that parenting really doesn't matter much, except when parents do something extreme to affect the behaviors of their children. I wonder if parents' extreme desire for their children's scholastic success could be categorized as such? Anecdotally, growing up in India, I remember being hit by my parents as a younger kid; the physical violence stopped when I became a teenager, but my parents were quick to show their extreme displeasure and worry when I would get low grades in High School. Not to suggest that all Asian/South Asian households are violent towards their children, of course. Although, I do trust research over anecdata, so I will agree with you that it might just be a genetic thing.