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Functional Somebody-ness
- Children develop a functional sense of 'somebody-ness' when raised by spacious, aware parents.
- That ego serves life without entrapment when parents model freedom from rigid roles.
Most Child Outcomes Are Unexplained
- Heredity and environment explained only about 25% of child outcomes in research.
- Ram Dass suggests the rest may be unmeasured factors like past lives or unknown influences.
Two Sons, Two Different Paths
- Raghu Marcus recounts two sons raised in a relaxed, sacramental environment who made very different choices about substances.
- The story highlights unpredictability beyond heredity and environment.