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[quote=Anonymous]Mean reversion most likely.

I do think in specific instances, the success of parents can be demotivating or anxiety-inducing for kids. If your parent was at the top of their field and very celebrated, there may be a feeling that no matter how hard you work, you will always be overshadowed by their success.

Also some people who are successful at work may be terrible parents. There's not automatically overlap there. Bad parenting will produce subpar results most of the time. Occasionally you get a kid who is motivated to overcome their terrible parents, but usually it just produces mental health issues and results in negative relationship patterns they repeat in adulthood, and that will hold people back professionally and socially.

In terms of genetics, unless the successful parent has physical attributes that were major contibutors to their success (pro athlete), I don't think inheriting intelligence is as useful as people think, or that certain personality traits correlated with success are heritable in a straightforward way (traits like resilience, diligence, creativity, and ingenuity are likely a complex result of both genetic factors and nurture, so unlikely to be passed down to all or even any offspring unless you can recreate the experiential factors).[/quote]

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