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- kpl0
first off, define good parenting. I mean, really define it to the last minutia. you can't. you can come up with your own subjective scheme but no one will agree. Quality of parentage is a nebulous term which in the end means little to nothing. This is not a cut and dry legal matter. There are blatant examples of bad parentage, but what can you conclude from kids who go bad but seem to have decent parents?
Second: peers, not parents, are the #1 influence on a child's life. Scientific fact...plenty of studies have been done on this, and when I have the time I can dig up some of these.
Third: in this mass-mediated age, how can you control every influence a child could receive? And how can you control how a child can react to such stimuli?
Last: you have the issue of free agency (free will). There is no foolproof way to keep anyone, child or not, under total control without nefarious or immoral means. And any knowledgable parent knows that the more control you place over your kids, the more they will rebel. Morals are subjective. They can be learned but also be unlearned. Teaching right from wrong does not prevent kids from doing the wrong thing, nor mean they believe what they're being taught in the first place.
do I have a theory? nope. nor do I need one to believe that your theory is not totally on the mark.