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Wed 22 Mar, 2006 01:07 pm
A 20-year-long study shows that children who were whiny and insecure tend to grow up to be conservatives and "confident, resilient, self-reliant" children tend to grow up to be liberals.
"He reasons that insecure kids look for the reassurance provided by tradition and authority, and find it in conservative politics. The more confident kids are eager to explore alternatives to the way things are, and find liberal politics more congenial."
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KID POLITICS | Whiny children, claims a new study, tend to grow up rigid and traditional. Future liberals, on the other hand ...
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High-larious, Walter . . . thanks for the laughs . . .
Be interesting to see more longitudinal studies that track such things very consciously.
Longitudinal studies are FASCINATING, and are revealing really useful stuff about resilience and what factors make a difference.
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