Human development is growing interdependence, not independence.

Evidence

In addition to the familiar claim that the road from infancy to adulthood is one of increasing (bodily) independence, we suggest that it is also one of increasing (social) interdependence, as the infant is interactively drawn into a widening circle of core configurations. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 435 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Oil wealth fails to translate into human development in most petro-states — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 274; Inequality and human development are set by capitalist market and power relations, not education — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 228; Humans are obligately interdependent, not naturally solitary (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Development from infancy is not only growing independence but growing interdependence #corroborates (0.97) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 435
• Maturation increases social interdependence as much as independence #corroborates (0.95)