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Though Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) in their book on sex differences found surprisingly little differentiation in the ways in which parents socialize their male and female children, Birns (1976) and Block (1978) consider that early environmental shaping of sex-differentiated behavior in children does exist in several crucial areas.
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Goshen-Gottstein, E.R. (1982). Maternal Influences in the Formation of Sex Identity and Gender Role Designation among Differently Sexed Twins, Triplets and Quadruplets. In: Nir-Janiv, N., Spodek, B., Steg, D., Spencer, M., Wagemaker, P. (eds) Early Childhood Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3479-8_19
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