Oh, no!! I'm having a paradigmatic identity crisis! I am a boomer (born 1957: rock
on, dead Elvis) and the parent of a 12-year-old daughter. You would think that this is
all you'd need to know about me to know where I stand on the issue of "The Nurture
Assumption." Blaming my daughter's genes, friends, etc., for her oh-so-difficult
nature sure makes a lot of sense to me.Let any contrary evidence be damned.
On the other hand, we boomers grew up blaming our parents for everything (thank you,
you neo-Freudian dears, so very, very much!). It seems as if I've always known that
it's my parents' fault I turned out this way (in fact, if you're tired of these public
displays of self-indulgent blather, I'll give you my parents' home phone number). A
pox on you, Judith Harris!!
What is a guilt-free boomer parent to do??!!
Ad Hominemally Yours,
Jeff
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