re: Older parents- how have your kids turned out?

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They turn out just like you train them.
A naive belief that is just not true.

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Yeah, that was my thought, too. It sounds like a cop-out for bad parents, but the simple fact is I didn't listen to a damned thing my parents told me. I guess I turned out OK. My neighbors would say so.

My oldest didn't listen to a damned thing I said, and she's a college graduate with a full-time job- something in software.

The rest of them aren't grown yet, but I imagine they'll turn out mostly the same way. It's how people in my family turn out.

There may have been a few extraordinary people among us, in either direction, but by and large I think genetics is far more important than what your mom / dad / schools say or do to you. And you probably know your genetics, and your wife's.