A father's love is one of the greatest influences on personality development

A father's love is one of the greatest influences on personality development: A father's love contributes as much -- and sometimes more -- to a child's development as does a mother's love. That is one of many findings in a new large-scale analysis of research about the power of parental rejection and acceptance in shaping our personalities as children and into adulthood.

Nature or nurture? It may depend on where you live

Nature or nurture? It may depend on where you live: The extent to which our development is affected by nature or nurture -- our genetic make-up or our environment -- may differ depending on where we live, according to new research.