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parenting styles  

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  • Parents are the primary agent of socialization for children, at least during the first few years of life. The family environment constitutes the ecological context in which children's behavior is developed, learned, promoted, and deterred. [Source: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia; Parenting Styles]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RNQLC93N-C

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