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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the poster whose sister smokes because the "example the dad set", that makes no sense.

If he smoked and she saw that, smoking hurt him.his relationships and she knows all the risks of smoking, that has nothing to do with his example. That has to do with the fact that she made an adult decision knowing the risks and that there are no rewards.

You sound like the same person who would say that 16 and pregnant encourages teen pregnancy. Because the girls on that show look like theyre having a blast right? [/quote]

Here is a fact.  Children, all people really, are influenced by the behavior of people they know personally, and the closer the relationship the more the influence.   Those people who you do not personally know (like the young women on Sixteen and Pregnant) are not likely to influence your behavior or choices.

I am glad that you brought up the pregnancy example though.  The NPR station in Los Angeles ran a piece last week about a doctor at a clinic for unwed mothers who noticed a pattern -- the younger sisters of girls who had gotten pregnant as teenagers, were themselves likely to become unwed, teenage mothers a few years later.

Your parents, your friends, your nannies, your siblings  -- all of these close and dear influences can and do affect your behavoir and choices -- hopefully positively -- but sometimes in negative ways (alcoholism, drug use, violence, misogeny).  It is somewhat naïve to discount the link between the behavior of those you love, and your own later lifetime choices -- because such a link does exist.[/quote]

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