As a parent, I find these kind of books, well, silly. They generally leverage a series of small studies and then provide a handful of examples to reinforce the

As a parent, I find these kind of books, well, silly. They generally leverage a series of small studies and then provide a handful of examples to reinforce their thesis. Now, maybe this book uses larger studies, but they are pretty hard to come by. So what we're left with is essentially nothing new - poor children don't succeed, and rich kids can go off the tracks. Is this news? Is it news that perseverance matters? I would love a book on parenting that is based on a large enough data set to make it relevant, and then provide some suggestions based on those studies - anyone know of any? My guess is that anyone that reads this kind of book is already likely a decent parent - but I would need to look at the data. :)