Yes, it can-- to the extent that normative adolescents are capable of that kind of internalization to start with. I mean, MOST of them simply cannot (developmentally) really consider other people very well. It is a huge part of why they behave in some of the stereotypically bizarre and socially unacceptable, boorish ways that they do. LOL.

Don't you ever think about other people?? <--- parent's endless lament to their teens

A: Well, no. Actually, not. Why do ask?


The point, of course, is that while parents of high SES may try to give their children this sort of sensitivity, results may be mixed. Some of them will experience an epiphany that allows them to "get it" at some point along the way, and some of them never.



Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.