>I see it in my youngest daughter as well, and I do worry for her
It's good that you worry. As children of staunch loners, my siblings and I all turned into loners as adults. Edit: We don't even talk to each other.
It's good that you worry. As children of staunch loners, my siblings and I all turned into loners as adults. Edit: We don't even talk to each other.
The role model thing is often overlooked when parenting. If you want your kids to do sports, let them see you doing sports etc.
A little nature a little nurture, but to be clear I do agree with you that it's better to model than not.
The other caveeat I conveniently ignored is that parents are usually adults, so the image they provide is for adult behaviour. Kids won't necessarily transfer that fully into their current situation. It does shape their inner image of adult behaviour, though (which starts to become more relevant as the kids enter the early teenager years).