AndyRegs wrote:(pick one...being a parent means you are automatically the cause of anything your children do that's screwed up)...
I would argue that parenting is the single most important factor that determines what a child will grow up like. They are the ones that teach it right and wrong etc (violent video games etc cant be blamed for childrens behaviour, but if they are being taught right and wrong at home, where will they get the morality from?)
I work with young people, and the correlation between parent (or lack of) and child is starltling.
IT WAS A BLOODY JOKE!
In the clinical world the parents are always blamed for how their kids turn out... look at Freud's body of work and you will see why the lay person rolls their eyes and sees this scenario.
There is however a huge amount of truth when it comes to parental influence... what they did or didn't do... whether they were there or not (even when they were physically present).
