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How to Raise an Adult
Julie Lythcott-Haims
A former Stanford dean on what over-involvement costs children later. Useful for parents whose intentions are good and whose habits are heavy.
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The Development of the Person
Alan Sroufe
Thirty years of following the same children. It is sober about how much early parenting predicts and how much it does not.
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The Nurture Assumption
Judith Rich Harris
Harris argues that peers shape children more than parents do. Whether or not she is right, it is the strongest challenge to how most parents think about their influence.
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Patterns of Parental Authority
Diana Baumrind
The original work behind authoritative, authoritarian and permissive parenting. Worth reading properly rather than in summary.
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