Reddit mentions of The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe

Thing is: children raised in homes where obedience is emphasized are more likely to actively take part in persecution of others vs children raised in homes where the focus is on reason and explanation.

http://parentingbeyondbelief.com/blog/?p=239

http://www.amazon.com/Altruistic-Personality-Rescuers-Jews-Europe/dp/0029238293

>"Not just because I said so"

>"researchers Samuel and Pearl Oliner conducted over 700 interviews with survivors of Nazi-occupied Europe. Included were both “rescuers” (those who actively rescued victims of persecution) and “non-rescuers” (those who were either passive in the face of the persecution or actively involved in it). The study revealed interesting differences in the upbringing of the two groups — specifically the language and practices that parents used to teach their values.

>Non-rescuers were 21 times more likely than rescuers to have been raised in families that emphasized obedience—being given rules that were to be followed without question—while rescuers were over three times more likely than non-rescuers to identify “reasoning” as an element of their moral education. “Explained,” the authors said, is the single most common word used by rescuers in describing their parents’ ways of talking about rules and ethical ideas. "

tl;dr: lazy parents who use "Because I said so" rather than reason and explanation are more likely to end up with little nazis for kids.