On 10/04/2008, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10-Apr-08, at 4:14 PM, ss wrote: > > So I believe that it could be wrong to say that one or the other have > > greater > > influence. Both parents and peer group are inextricably involved with > > any > > given child and the influence of one cannot be completely isolated. > > > > The material I was reading tended to: > > Bad parenting + good peers = some hope > Good parenting + bad peers = disaster > > And hence the greater emphasis on the peer group.
Except that in choosing both residential neighbourhoods and schools, parents (usually) determine peer group as well. -- "It is more fun contemplating someone else's navel than your own."
