Heredity vs. Environment
When adopting parents and in the process of adopting a kid, they probably have a million questions on their mind stressing them out, but one thing that can’t escape their mind is whether the child came from a healthy family. Is it really necessary to worry about the child’s biological background? Some argue that the adopting parent should be worried because they think people behave as they do according to genetic predisposition”, but others argue that the adopting parents have no needs to worry over that because people think and act in certain ways because they are taught to do so.but others believe that people in certain ways because they are taught to do so. The nature vs. nurture argument has been going on for a few decades, and yet no one was able to come up with a solution. As parents, it is their responsibility to care for their child, and it is very natural to worry about their kid. For this particular topic, there is a need to worry about the child’s biological background, but for the most part, it is going to depend on how they are going to raise the child in the future.
Physical appearance is one of the factors that adopting parents should be worrying about because according to scientists, “traits such as eye color and hair color are determined by specific genes encoded in each human cell” (Powell, 2012). One example that proves people get their physical appearance from their biological parents is to go and examine other kids and their parents. There is always one characteristic if not more in the kid that is similar to their parents. And this is also why twins also look so much alike, and even has similar behaviors.
Although some adopting parents might not care about their kid’s physical appearance, one of the most important things to worry about is their health. “Heredity’s role in both physical and mental disorders is largely one of inherited predisposition” (Heredity versus environment), meaning mutant genes would distort body’s biochemical systems,
Physical appearance is one of the factors that adopting parents should be worrying about because according to scientists, “traits such as eye color and hair color are determined by specific genes encoded in each human cell” (Powell, 2012). One example that proves people get their physical appearance from their biological parents is to go and examine other kids and their parents. There is always one characteristic if not more in the kid that is similar to their parents. And this is also why twins also look so much alike, and even has similar behaviors.
Although some adopting parents might not care about their kid’s physical appearance, one of the most important things to worry about is their health. “Heredity’s role in both physical and mental disorders is largely one of inherited predisposition” (Heredity versus environment), meaning mutant genes would distort body’s biochemical systems,
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