Nature/Nurture: Moma's Boys -made or born that way?

Aliantha · 06-01-2015, 11:34 PM

I see a lot of traits in my big boys that their father has, particularly Aden and they have had no influence from him at all since they were about 11 or 12, and even then it was pretty spasmodic.

I think there's a bigger argument for nature than I previously thought, but I think nurture is equally to be held responsible for kids outcomes.

glatt · 06-02-2015, 08:39 AM

Parents generally do the best they can, but are their parenting actions the product of nature or nurture? And then what impact do those actions have on the kid? How much of who they are is nature versus nurture?

I need to chart this shit out. So let's say 50% of a kid's behavior is due to nature, and 50% is nurture, but of that 50% nurture, the parents who are responsible for the nurturing owe 50% of their behavior to nature and 50% to nurture. So really, of the kid's 50% nurture, half of that is really from the parent's nature. So the kid is 75% nature after all. And then what do you do to account for the grandparents? and their grandparent? You have to start getting in to mathematical limits and shit like that, and it's been too many years since I took that stuff. Seems to me it works out to being all nature in the end.

footfootfoot · 06-03-2015, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I see a lot of traits in my big boys that their father has, particularly Aden and they have had no influence from him at all since they were about 11 or 12, and even then it was pretty spasmodic.

I think there's a bigger argument for nature than I previously thought, but I think nurture is equally to be held responsible for kids outcomes.

Don't they have Jesuits in Australia?

"Give me a boy for his first seven years and I'll give you the man."

By the time they're 11 or 12 it's all over but the shouting.

View Poll Results: Momma's Boys
Made by Momma	4	50.00%
Born that way	0	0%
Both are Possible	3	37.50%
There's no such thing as a Momma's Boy	0	0%
I WANT MOMSIE!!!	1	12.50%
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06-01-2015, 11:34 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I see a lot of traits in my big boys that their father has, particularly Aden and they have had no influence from him at all since they were about 11 or 12, and even then it was pretty spasmodic. I think there's a bigger argument for nature than I previously thought, but I think nurture is equally to be held responsible for kids outcomes. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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06-02-2015, 08:39 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Parents generally do the best they can, but are their parenting actions the product of nature or nurture? And then what impact do those actions have on the kid? How much of who they are is nature versus nurture? I need to chart this shit out. So let's say 50% of a kid's behavior is due to nature, and 50% is nurture, but of that 50% nurture, the parents who are responsible for the nurturing owe 50% of their behavior to nature and 50% to nurture. So really, of the kid's 50% nurture, half of that is really from the parent's nature. So the kid is 75% nature after all. And then what do you do to account for the grandparents? and their grandparent? You have to start getting in to mathematical limits and shit like that, and it's been too many years since I took that stuff. Seems to me it works out to being all nature in the end.

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