Creativity in Context, the Harvard professor Teresa Amabile says that “families most likely to foster creativity in children are characterized by a low level of authoritarianism and restrictiveness, an encouragement of independence, and a somewhat cool interpersonal distance between parents and children.”
Hmm. That reminds me of my own upbringing.
I come from Scandinavian stock (Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian), and true to that region’s stereotype of standoffishness, I don’t recall receiving many hugs or “I love