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Parents have very warm feelings toward other parents – here’s why that could be bad news for the child-free

  • Written by Zachary P. Neal, Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageParents exhibit what psychologists call 'in-group favoritism.'SolStock/E+ via Getty Images

The aphorism “birds of a feather flock together” describes the fact that people tend to prefer associating with others who are similar to themselves. The phenomenon goes by different names: Sociologists call it homophily, psychologists call it in-g...

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