1) parenting is known to have little effect on children’s character
This is not counter evidence to my claim. The value framework a child learns about from their parents is just one of many value frameworks they hear about from many, many people. My claim is that the power lies in noticing the hypothesis at all. Which ideas you get told more times (e.g. by your parents) don’t matter.
As far as I know, what culture you are in very much influences your values, which my claim would predict.
2) while children learn to follow rules teens are good at figuring out what is in their interest.
This is not counter evidence to my claim. The value framework a child learns about from their parents is just one of many value frameworks they hear about from many, many people. My claim is that the power lies in noticing the hypothesis at all. Which ideas you get told more times (e.g. by your parents) don’t matter.
As far as I know, what culture you are in very much influences your values, which my claim would predict.
I’m not making any claims about rule following.