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Rhode Island College

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What Qualities Do Parents Value In Their Children ? : A Revision Of Earlier Findings, Caitlin Lantagne Jan 2009

What Qualities Do Parents Value In Their Children ? : A Revision Of Earlier Findings, Caitlin Lantagne

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Using General Social Survey data, examines the qualities that parents have valued in their children since 1986. Offers evidence that, in contrast to trends reported prior to this date, autonomy was no longer increasingly valued by parents during the period from 1986 to 2006 and that the trend away from valuing obedience had also slowed dramatically.