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I wonder how many of these kids are just really smart because their mothers BELIEVED they would be. Kind of like an advanced placebo effect — expect your child to be a genius, give them more opportunities to excel, challenges etc and voila!
Posted by delicious @ 7:18 PM on June 15, 2006
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June 16th, 2006 at 9:55 PM
Sigh. I’ve had knock down drag, out all, but friendship ending, fights about this, but, the answer, according to Maxine, is “yes” 🙂 And even if it’s not true that all children have the same potential, the fact is that we genuinely don’t know, so surely we should be taking the more generous, the more compassionate, the more human approach, of giving all children the same opportunities. Sad.
Ever seen that movie Gattaca? A personal fave on this theme….