tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7505597090012093060..comments2024-03-29T11:47:06.499-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Cohort effects in homelessness: Lifelong higher risk for those born near beginning of crime waveagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-75743510496905210452015-03-16T17:50:33.066-04:002015-03-16T17:50:33.066-04:00@ Jayman,
You wrote:
" parenting has no impac...@ Jayman,<br />You wrote:<br />" parenting has no impact on how children turn out:"<br /><br /> If data says that, the data is wrong! You obviously haven't been around with open eyes very long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-53614790577902477832013-11-03T01:18:59.784-05:002013-11-03T01:18:59.784-05:00You've misread the post. I said that when pare...You've misread the post. I said that when parenting norms shift toward encouraging independence, children will get pushed out the door and be on their own more than when parenting norms are more toward smothering.<br /><br />Parenting may not affect the personality of the child, but it does reflect the personality of the parent. And when the parent says "out," the child is "out," and must adapt to that fact whether he's genetically inclined or not.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16750381635465702162013-11-03T00:14:28.702-04:002013-11-03T00:14:28.702-04:00Very interesting observations.
Though, for the re...Very interesting observations.<br /><br />Though, for the record, let's establish that the appeal you're making to parenting is nonsense. To be clear, behavioral genetic data make it clear that parenting has no impact on how children turn out:<br /><br /><a href="http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/taming-the-tiger-mom-and-tackling-the-parenting-myth/" rel="nofollow">Taming the “Tiger Mom” and Tackling the Parenting Myth « JayMan's Blog</a><br /><br />That out of the way, there may be a simpler explanation for this apparent cohort effect you see: reproduction was far more universal during the Baby Boom:<br /><br /><a href="http://jaymans.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/some-guys-get-all-the-babes-not-exactly/" rel="nofollow">Some guys get all the babes – not exactly | JayMan's Blog</a><br /><br />Throughout most of the century, around 15-20% of people failed to leave any descendants (with reproduction being more even among women than men). However, during the boom years, that fell to less than 10%. We can imagine that many of the individuals who reproduced during that time were of, in one way or another, were of substandard genetic quality. If so, all manner of physical and mental ills would have become more common among people born during that period.JayManhttp://jaymans.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-5654930302758867022013-10-30T16:36:19.761-04:002013-10-30T16:36:19.761-04:00A large number of homeless people tend to be milit...A large number of homeless people tend to be military veterans, so expect to see spikes in homeless men a few years after wars or major military campaigns take place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-54336334052749729132013-10-29T18:46:40.365-04:002013-10-29T18:46:40.365-04:00Phil Collins "Another Day in Paradise"
...Phil Collins "Another Day in Paradise"<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI<br /><br />"Think Twice, cause its another day for you and me in paradise..."<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-7034397866418748302013-10-29T16:36:29.912-04:002013-10-29T16:36:29.912-04:00Parents start to put away their Dr. Spock manuals ...<i>Parents start to put away their Dr. Spock manuals and instead tell their kids that once they're 18, they're out of the house. Independence becomes valued over pampering.</i><br /><br />http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/_files/pdf/workingpapers/00-01-01.pdf<br /><br /><i>Virtually all earlier studies assert that the age of home-leaving was declining from as early as it could be measured until 1970. Our results say otherwise. From 1880 until 1940 for males and 1950 for females, the age at leaving home did not decline, it rose (see Figure 1). The decline came later. Led by men in 1940, the generation of the Second World War experienced a sharp decline in the age at which they left home, one that continued for everyone until 1960 and for white men and women until 1970. Beginning with 1970, the age of home-leaving rose again, reaching relatively high levels by 1990.</i><br /><br />There are certainly ways you could explain this in your model - during cocooning periods, kids want to leave home earlier to form their own cocoons - but it still doesn't seem to map great. It maps a little with inequality, but again not great.<br /><br />This isn't to say that you're wrong about people living their life in the open, just that that may not have meant getting their own place and setting up a household.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-58862606167085638422013-10-29T15:40:34.866-04:002013-10-29T15:40:34.866-04:00Seems kind of surprising in light of when you sear...Seems kind of surprising in light of when you search for hits on mean age of the homeless, for present day samples, they generally talk about people between the age of 30-50, with a mean of 42-44 years old, which seems fairly cross nationally consistent. <br /><br />That doesn't suggest under 40s should be rare at all. Most of the beggars I meet seem young, in late 20s to 30s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-65207827005512492392013-10-29T00:19:22.383-04:002013-10-29T00:19:22.383-04:00As long as we're talking music, another entert...As long as we're talking music, another entertaining "the music was better when I was in the targeted demographic" discussion broke out at <a href="http://isteve.blogspot.com/2013/10/lou-reed-rip.html" rel="nofollow">Steve's due to Lou Reed</a>.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-91027618380496357492013-10-29T00:16:11.614-04:002013-10-29T00:16:11.614-04:00When I think "homeless" and "song f...When I think "homeless" and "song from late 80s/early 90s" it's "Rockin' in the Free World" (a serious Young fan wouldn't list it as their favorite song by him, but it might be mine). In contrast, I always found Everlast's "What It's Like" undermined by its annoying self-righteousness. although he's perfectly capable of being earnest as with "Put Your Lights On".TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.com