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		ivolimmen on May 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be th... The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Rich Harris. Read this before getting kids. Awesome...

james_s_tayler on May 12, 2020 [–]

Heard a famous ADHD researcher recommend both this and Steven Pinker's Blank Slate for helping parents digest the science on why they can't engineer outcomes for their kids.

Gotta put both these on my list.

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