... Without it children do not receive the necessary motivation and direction that is so important not only in intellectual development but emotional and social development. This is important because a child's emotional development and intellectual development are directly related. Furthermore, they are both directly affected by parental influence. In one study the relationship between I.Q. scores and personality traits was ... hypothesize an achievement motive as a common dimension (Lipsitt and Reese 542). In her book, What Children Need But May Not Get, Cynthia Wagner identifies seven "irr...

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