But let's suppose the correlations are due to causation: good parenting makes good kids, and day-care makes for very slightly smarter, but also slightly less well-behaved kids.

现在假定这种相关性是一种因果联系：父母好的教养造就优秀的孩子，日托中心造就相对聪明一点，但行为表现稍差的孩子。

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We were so obsessed with our kids' success that parenting turned into a form of product development.

我们如此执着于孩子的成功，养育孩子的过程变成了产品开发的过程。

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Parents who read only the data showing how expensive kids are should have responded more negatively to parenting.

那些只读了关于养孩子多么贵的数据的父母本应该对抚育孩子表示更加负面的态度。

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It's natural to try and blame poor parenting when kids don't turn out as well as we'd hope.

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Even the research shows that intensive parenting causes kids to suffer.

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But at least I know I'm not alone when I lie to my kids in the name of good parenting.

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