There is reason to take parental shaping of children’s behavior (parental guidance) seriously. Experimental work has shown that false memories may be implanted by suggestion and young children are especially susceptible to this possibility (Bruck & Ceci, 1999). Social construction enters to some extent into the development and reporting of all reincarnation cases, and some claimed identifications have proven to be self-delusions or fabrications (Stevenson, Pasricha, & Samararatne, 1988). In
