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		elil17 on July 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s... Twin adoption studies often show that effects of parenting are present but smaller than effects of genetics. However those don’t typically look at abnormal cases like homeschooling.

dash2 on July 1, 2022 [–]

Very much this. Effects of current levels of variation in parenting practice ≠ effects of potential variation. Here’s the argument in full: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/no-wait-stop-parents-do-m...

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