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[quote=Anonymous]A large disparity is now apparent in terms of {success, educational attainment, college readiness, wages} between the children of involved and uninvolved parents. There is a clear feedback mechanism: the involved parents see the returns to their involvement and decide to increase their role in their children's lives. (I think this is an adequate explanation of the Tiger Mom phenomenon. Parents learned about the returns to good college placements for their children and that a boat-load of extracurriculars could help their children gain admittance, prompting them to enroll little Suzi in mandarin, piano and 4H.)

The only way this feedback mechanism doesn't exacerbate the disparity is if uninvolved parents suddenly increased their involvement from the onset of their child's life. Now, do you honestly believe that the uninvolved parents are uninvolved because they're unaware of the benefits of parental involvement? If only they'd known, I'm sure they would have turned off the electronic babysitter and read a book to junior...[/quote]

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