Nature And Nurture Controversy

The nature-nurture controversy is a topic that most individuals have heard of. Weather or not your personality traits or your eating habits come primarily from nature or primarily from nurture is a question that has been debated for some time now. Neither side is correct, but most everyone has an opinion about the subject matter. We all have characteristics from both nature and nurture. Nature is the traits that we all inherit genetically from our parents, at the moment of conception. Nurture is all of the environmental influences that affect development after we are conceived. We are all made up of 50 percent nature, 40 percent nurture, and 10 percent of whom you are is for you to decide.
A characteristic that I believe comes primarily from nature is obesity. If the child is born into an obese family with poor eating habits, slow metabolism, and lack of exercise, the child will most likely to grow up with the same habits. Yes, the child
I am a firm believer that if the parents are loving towards their child, they will grow up to be kind-hearted human beings. This is not true with everyone, but from my experiences, it is true with most. My neighbors raised their children with strict rules and hardly any love was shown. They never seemed like they were happy children and they were always getting into trouble at school. Now, one of them is in prison and the other is a high school drop out. My siblings and I, on the other hand, were not raised with strict rules and our parents are very loving towards us. Our parents always kept us safe and did not let us get away with bad behavior, but they disciplined us in a different way. Screaming matches never took place and we always had a voice that our parents would listen to. We are not perfect, but we turned out better than our neighbors and we have a much better relationship with our parents as