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There is a second way in which cloning could make childrearing more satisfactory, for both parents and their children, and it emerges if one recalls one's own childhood. Most people, when they do this, remember things that they liked, that contributed to their happiness, and other things that had the opposite effect. These might be ways they were treated by their parents, or, instead, interactions with their peers. The thought, then, is that by raising a child who is a clone of one of the parents, the knowledge the relevant parent has of how he or she was raised, or treated by her or his peers, can enable one both to relate to one’s child in a way better attuned to the psychological makeup of the child, and also to have a better sense of peer group interactions that may significantly detract from one’s child’s happiness. In addition, given the greater psychological similarity existing between the child and one of the parents, that parent will better be able, at any point, to appreciate the child's point of view. So there should be a greater likelihood both that such a couple will find childrearing a more rewarding experience, and that their child will have a happier childhood through being better understood, and from having parents who know how the treatment by one’s peers may negatively impact one’s happiness.