I believe that parents play a vital role in influencing children during the developmental process as they create a lasting impact on the child's overall development as well as on the development of socialization. As children grow, they encompass a number of factors that influence their attitudes as well as their behavior. These attitudes and characteristics are initially learned from their parents. I also believe that when we are in college, we want to be different to fit in with our peers. We see our peers and think the things they do are cool; we also want them to like us, so we start doing the same things as them, which then shows that friends start influencing us more than adults. Parents who are involved with their children, who know where they are after school and who have met most often. of their friends, have a positive effect on the lives of their children. Parents who are involved in their children's lives are more likely to have children who are less likely to participate in risky behaviors, such as smoking or drinking alcohol. Children whose parents are involved seem to have better self-esteem and better academic results. Children observe their parents and their behaviors and are more likely to follow their parents' example. The behaviors demonstrated by parents affect a child's habits. An example of how peers can be more influential than the parents in my own life who were when I was in middle school, back when I was dating girls who were not a good influence on I know, but at the time I thought my parents didn't want me to have friends. These friends were always late for school and class. In this school we had seven different classes and had five minutes to get to each topic... in the middle of a sheet... the students continue to address them in their language. natural language, but the children respond in English. What the children of immigrants end up with is not a compromise, it is not a mixture. They simply end up with the language and culture of their peers” (p. 30). In Howard Garner's argument, I can see where he is right when he states that “Harris and most of the authorities she cites are not they study child rearing in general; in fact, they study childrearing largely in the white, middle-class United States over the past half-century” (p. 43). I believe, as I said earlier, that our parents and peers can influence us at different times in our lives. However, for Judith Harris to have a better argument, she could have used more studies from outside the United States. No matter what, peers or parents have a major impact on our lives..