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<p>That’s part of the solution, yes.</p>
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<p>Pfft! In what universe do you reside? It’s just as difficult, if not more so.</p>
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<p>Parental training classes may help, but what’ll you do if the majority of parents can’t attend because they have to sleep to go to their second job? Preschools might sound like a good idea, but I wish you the best of luck in finding the right teachers, who are in a damningly short supply. While these “solutions” may sound lovely, the ideas are not even half-baked.</p>
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<p>And quite frankly, no one here has suggested that. My only assertion was that culture, which I believe to be directly influenced, if not somewhat controlled, by economic realities, is not the biggest factor. I, for one, have no patience with the thinking that you outlined in the passage I quoted, and I would never suggest something so unrealistic as the solution. </p>
<p>However, your assertion that culture is the problem fails to acknowledge that external circumstances, including economic realities that individuals are powerless to shape, heavily influence cultural identity. The two are not discrete categories.</p>