Comments on: Children influence their parents https://www.isegoria.net/2022/01/children-influence-their-parents/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2022/01/children-influence-their-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-3497248 Sam J. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:58:00 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48576#comment-3497248 “One large study looking at bidirectional parenting and featuring over 1,000 children and their parents, concluded that the child’s behaviour had a much stronger influence on their parents’ behaviour than the other way around.”

This is one of those silly studies where they go on and on about nonsense.

It’s not that the children “changed” the parents it’s that the children misbehaved so the parents had to show a different side of their behavior which is not the same as changing them at all.

]]> By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2022/01/children-influence-their-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-3497220 Harry Jones Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:09:26 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=48576#comment-3497220 So, what are parents for again?

Bottle of mine, it’s you that I’ve always wanted / Bottle of mine, ever since I was first decanted

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