Wednesday, August 25, 2010

NATURE VERSUS NURTURE

MANY YEARS AGO WHEN UNDERTAKING AN ARTS DEGREE AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS, I HANDED IN AN ESSAY IN MY PSYCHOLOGY CLASS ARGUING THE CASE AS TO WHICH SHAPED A PERSON MOST - HEREDITY OR ENVIRONMENT. AS AN "OH SO WISE" SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD MY ESSAY CAME OUT STRONGLY ON THE SIDE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, I.E. NURTURE!
NOW AS A MOTHER OF FIVE, GRANDMOTHER OF SIX I WOULD WRITE A VERY DIFFERENT ESSAY!
OUR YOUNG ONES ARE BORN SUCH INDIVIDUALS - WE AS PARENTS JUST GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE!

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