From An Evolutionary Perspective Children Are, Literally,

One Of The Most Distinctive Evolutionary Features Of Human Beings Is Our Unusually Long, Protected Childhood.

Some People Say That Parents Don't Matter, And That's Not True At All. The Irony Is That We Pay Attention To All These Things That Don't Matter, And Not To What Does Matter, Such As Parents Having Enough Resources To Provide An Environment Where Their Children Have Both Security And Freedom.

Texts And E-mails Travel No Faster Than Phone Calls And Telegrams, And Their Content Isn't Necessarily Richer Or Poorer.

If You Just Got Enough Expertise And Enough Special Techniques And Read Up Enough, Then You Could Shape A Child Into The Kind Of Adult You Wanted. There's Almost This Kind Of Competitive Enterprise. That Picture Is The Picture I Think People Often Imply When They Use The Word "parenting".

The Best Scientific Way To Discover If One Factor Influences Another Is To Do A Controlled Experiment.