Posted by Noa on June 4, 2000, at 13:26:57
In reply to Re: Hope....kids....drugs.....life....., posted by Adam on June 3, 2000, at 16:07:22
Adam, I tend to think (speculation) that the extent to which genetics determines anything varies. Perhaps some people's genetic predisposition to one or another traits or illnesses has more weight than it would for another. Same with environment: some environmental experiences tend to weigh in with more influence. Consider the vast numbers of permutations in outcome, then, that might be possible.
It can be thought of as an issue of "fit" between nature and nurture. For example, a child of a certain temperament might be in a less than optimal fit with one parent, but might be a great fit with another (a colicky kid and a short tempered parent? An easy going, easy to care for kid who is pretty self sufficient, with a rejection sensitive parent who perceives the child as detached? An impulsive kid with an obsessive compulsive parent? etc. etc.) To say nothing of more devastating situations like extreme poverty, severely disabling conditions, abuse, etc., trauma from war or natural disasters.
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