Judith Rich Harris

"Is it dangerous to claim that parents have no power at all to shape their child's personality, intelligence, or the way he or she behaves outside the family home? ... A confession: When I first made t…"

"The use of "nurture" as a synonym for "environment" is based on the assumption that what influences children's development, apart from their genes, is the way their parents bring them up. I call this …"

"Blame your peers, not your parents, author says, APA Monitor 29, October 1998, p. 9"

"There is no question that the adult caregivers play an important role in the baby's life. It is from these older people that babies learn their first language, have their first experiences in forming …"

"The Parent Trap, Newsweek September 7, 1998, pp. 52-59."

"Judith Rich Harris, 80, Dies; Author Played Down the Role of Parents, New York Times, January 1, 2019."

"Peer Pressure, New York Times Book Review September 13, 1998, pp. 14-15"

"Birth order effects are like those things that you think you see out of the corner of your eye but that disappear when you look at them closely. They do keep turning up but only because people keep lo…"