"My hypothesis is that most children are emotionally damaged by this upbringing. But a small percentage, whose brain chemistry and wiring is set for resilience

"My hypothesis is that most children are emotionally damaged by this upbringing. But a small percentage, whose brain chemistry and wiring is set for resilience ..." This relentlessness, stress immunity, etc. -- these are "positive" characteristics of primary psychopathy. And it is associated with having a rough childhood. Maybe that's what he's referring to? On the other hand, it's such a small fraction of the population, maybe it's irrelevant?