Wow, I read this post and my intellectual brain cells start firing up again! It's awesome! So wonderful to be around "thinking" people again. A friend of...
I believe that one's behavior is a "learned" product; and therefore can be changed. You might have a "predisposition" to learned behavior based on the coping...
All I can say is this about the experience with my own child: both parents treat our child differently; but the most impact right now in that he is a teenager...
... Walter, As far as self-esteem goes, I believe behavior genetic research finds close to zero-percent on shared environment as well. As far as moral...
... therefore ... dislike ... Dear Leanne, Research shows personality is strongly influenced by genetics. Blank slate doctrines that state everything you are...
... both ... for ... Precisely. Parents have a very limited influence on who their children is. Peer-influence is much stronger in shaping who we are. This...
... This is confusing. So if parenting effects show up under "genetics," does that mean parents are having an effect or not? ... Perhaps if you can illustrate...
Walter, We're coming to a better understanding. Yes, if parenting effects showed up under genes, it would mean parents are having an effect. And by "hidden",...
Whether or not moral character is influenced by parents is an empirical question I don't know the answer to. But since behavior- genetics finds that next to...
"I Would Not Be Here" (from the album "Gentle on My Mind" by John Hartford) I would not be here if I hadn't been there I wouldn't been there if I hadn't just...
Mike, as a mother with a child whom I happen to be facing this very battle, I couldn't agree with you more. I feel parents should role model appropriate and...
Again, Mike, I can only speak from my own personal experience, and as such, this happens to be true for me personally. I find I am constantly putting forth to...
I guess I adopted this belief that there is always possibility from all the reading I have done with spiritual material. Not always religious but you know...
I have learned from my personal experience, looking back on my life, there was always some information that someone had withheld that would have caused me to...
I have read in many, many books upon raising boys in this environment about the incredible internal need and desire for this ritual bonding and rites of...
What say you to this about a unique environment? Right now my child is acting out like a complete and utter moron! I mean, please understand my position with...
Whatever happened to the desire to intentionally and willingly "grow" in purposeful maturity. The individual desire to seek out knowledge, information and...
On this note, while parents cannot directly affect their children (barring extreme conditions), they can indirectly affect their children by manipulating the...
... Yes... I have two major points about the upbringing of children. One is that they are not blank sheets of paper waiting to be written on by their parents....
I believe that we have control, but not freedom from determinism. We have control in the sense that we are able to get feedback from the environment and...
Well, if that is the case, then you just shattered the "wholly healthy, good family scenario and a healthy childhood upbringing" -- thing all the smithereens;...
... There is only a controversy because what science discovers does not sit well with our cherished beliefs. We have more answers than you might think. Mike...
... <psychmajor9000@y...> wrote ... settled. ... There is a controversy because, as numerous people have pointed out to you here in numerous ways, there is...
I've quickly read the quote that's given on the Branden forum website a couple of times now and while skimming it again tonight, the last part of it got me a...
Due to evolutionary forces, I think it is natural to tie your self-esteem to factors such as where you stand in relation to others, how sexually attractive you...
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