I was only joking about everyone asking a million questions but I keep coming up with more :<
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Do parents still blame everyone-but-themselves for their kids' behaviours or are families more, well, family-oriented and responsible? Does this vary based on anything? (culture, tax bracket, etc)
It varies based on culture and class. Middle-class and upper-class white families are most likely to blame teachers for students' poor grades and the like, while lower-class families and most minority families are more likely to recognize the personal responsibility involved in how kids turn out.
Of course nobody likes to blame themselves for anything, so the shift is largely between blaming other authority figures in the child's life or blaming the children themselves.
What about medical conditions? Have doctors finally figured out how to properly diagnose things or do they still willy-nilly push things on trouble kids at their parents' insistence?
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FAMILIES:
Do parents still blame everyone-but-themselves for their kids' behaviours or are families more, well, family-oriented and responsible? Does this vary based on anything? (culture, tax bracket, etc)
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Of course nobody likes to blame themselves for anything, so the shift is largely between blaming other authority figures in the child's life or blaming the children themselves.
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