Tyler Cowen: belief

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…And now a grandparent. Yana is now grown. I think what you are and how you are — that is more important than anything you tell them, and how you treat your spouse or partner is more important than how you treat them. They will learn by example. Primary contributions tend to be genetic, but at the margin, family culture really matters. And you see this — I think it’s misleadingly called tiger-mom parenting, but whatever you want to call it, it has worked in some way. Now, it’s not my style, but it proves parenting style can work. You have to figure out what’s a version of that that can work for me. I would agree with you mostly, as stated, but I’m, in particular, thinking, too, about very young children because I have two very young children. And I think it is about how you comport yourself and how you interact with your spouse, but also how you treat them and model interactions with them, recognizing that they’re not just little adults. And for me, that’s one of the hardest things to learn to do, is to recognize that a four-year-old simply doesn’t have the emotional development, say, to have a reasoned discussion on something.…

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