http://www.blisstree.com/articles/weekly-genetics-quote-25-anxious-parents/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:06:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/weekly-genetics-quote-25-anxious-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-567503 Genetics and Health » Serotonin Transporter Gene, Family Environment, and Depression Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:26:24 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2006/06/21/weekly-genetics-quote-25-anxious-parents/#comment-567503 [...] Says something about this anxious mother that my first thought upon reading this quote was - “Gosh, just one more piece of ammunition for our kids to blame us for handing down bad genes AND bad parenting.” [...] [...] Says something about this anxious mother that my first thought upon reading this quote was – “Gosh, just one more piece of ammunition for our kids to blame us for handing down bad genes AND bad parenting.” [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/weekly-genetics-quote-25-anxious-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-567095 Genetics and Health » Weekly Genetics Quote #26: Anxious Parents Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:48:29 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2006/06/21/weekly-genetics-quote-25-anxious-parents/#comment-567095 [...] I can’t help but feature Anxious Parents: A History Of Modern Childrearing In America by Peter N. Stearns yet again. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that a book about families should include references to genes. Aptitude tests could in fact be prepared for; hence the proliferation of test tutoring and pressures on instructors to teach for the test. Even if tests measured raw aptitude, there was always the question of whether parents had provided good genes or done enough to ensure learning-intensive early years. [...] [...] I can’t help but feature Anxious Parents: A History Of Modern Childrearing In America by Peter N. Stearns yet again. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that a book about families should include references to genes. Aptitude tests could in fact be prepared for; hence the proliferation of test tutoring and pressures on instructors to teach for the test. Even if tests measured raw aptitude, there was always the question of whether parents had provided good genes or done enough to ensure learning-intensive early years. [...]

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