Well to be fair, having parents be &quot;warmer&quot; to their children and engage with them more probably also has positive results, regardless of the flawed reasoning for it.<p>And yes, young scientific fields quickly disprove themselves, that&#x27;s kinda the point of science. Hard sciences like physics and chemistry also had some very very flawed theories in their youth, like aethers, alchemy, etc.  but have had a few hundred years to get past that.