Nature vs Nurture:

Our kids grow to be their own person by watching and learning from the people around them, family and friends mostly. But what about about the kids who have one or both biological parent(s) missing from their lives...? Can some personality traits be inherited or is it all strictly learned behavior? Its kinda like the age old 'nature vs nurture' argument.

 I personally have a fifteen yr old son whose father died when he was only five. Watching him grow up I see so much of his father in him, not just in looks either. He was too young to remember his dad but, even still, there are certain personality traits my son has that scream "daddy". How does he have those traits when he couldn't possibly have learned it from him?

I watch him with his friends and see his sense of humor, his soft nature, and even some physical things (like poking his tongue out when he's concentrating lol). And I know he doesn't get that from me. My son has the same weird and silly sense of humor as his dad and the soft "gentle giant" thing my son has going on (he's huge physically, tall and built like a brick shit house like his dad too), he doesn't get that from me or anyone else in my family, no... No, e somehow got that from his dad too.

I use to think children were only a product of their environment, that our children are what we make them. And for the most part I still do. But I've come to also believe that there are definitely, at least certain, personality traits that can be inherited. Like something, maybe, pre programmed into us at birth.

Nature vs nurture... There are so many articles about it but still no definitive answers one way or the other. It all just depends on what article you read and who wrote it as to which opinion you'll get. Nobody really knows which is truly accurate to this day, I feel like.

We're still learning about how the human mind and body really works. Are personality traits something that's in our DNA, or is it all psychological, something our mind or brain controls? Or could it be something that is determined by both as we are growing in the womb?

As science progresses and we learn even more about our physical and mental capacities will certain personality traits be something we will be able to remove or add to and from the DNA of our kids the way scientists can, right now, remove and/or add specific physical traits and illnesses...?? When you think about what you can do, with enough money, to have not just perfectly healthy child(ren), but also make them perfect looking too... It doesn't seem like being able to pick and choose the personality traits as well is too far off, does it??

I would say, in my opinion, it depends on the child(ren) and the parents, I think. Everyone is different and every situation is different. I don't think either answer is right or wrong, although there are many who would argue otherwise.

So, I leave it to you to decide. As you watch your kids growing up, try to see if you notice which of their personality traits are learned and which might be inherited? You never know, you just might be surprised...

*Thank you for taking time to read my first Vocal post!!