C1. The argument, by Pinker, that family environment has little to do with determining the values, intellect, or behvaiour of children presents as questionable. Agreeably, babies have individual temperament natures, and partnering that with the provision or retraction of nurturing variables from people and environments throughout their childhood can professedly forecast the likelihood of a well-adjusted life. Certainly, peers influence children greatly, particularly throughout the teenage years, yet it seems unfathomable that the “shared family environment has little to no lasting effect on personality and intelligence” (Pinker, 2004, p. 15). I argue that family, peer groups, and social environments such as daycares or schools, work hand
