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Re:A 75-Year Harvard Study Finds What It Takes To Live A Hap... by cafard on Friday May 17, 2013 @06:27AM (#5723521)
I don't think that the parents could tell you, and I am not sure how researchers could. To raise a child even from birth to first grade takes about six years, a period that will change anyone, parent or not. One does learn many things in caring for a child, though I can't say that is the only way to learn them.
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Re:A 75-Year Harvard Study Finds What It Takes To Live A Hap... by alanh on Friday May 17, 2013 @02:22PM (#5725920)
Because you cannot immediately think of a study does not mean one is not possible.

Consider: Measure changes in parents during child-rearing and correlate with measures of amount and style of "care" given to children. Are those that are more caring parents happier, on average, than those who are not? Control for anything you can think of controlling.

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