Parents prioritize making children socially desirable over fostering other attributes.

Evidence

Parents have a duty to act as proxies for the real world—merciful proxies, caring proxies—but proxies, nonetheless. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 473

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 473
• XREF: connects to: Parents must choose between making children safe or strong. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 230; Socializing children optimally improves their chances of success. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 456; A key parenting principle is to prevent children from behaving undesirably. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 479 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A key parenting principle is to prevent children from behaving undesirably. #expands (0.75) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 479