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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 629279" data-attributes="member: 59">&quot;All you have to do is adopt a child to see the nature/nurture.&quot;OMG MWM I was just about to say the same thing when I scrolled down and read that. Yes of course there are other factors and yes of course environment can make a difference but no one can tell me that nature isn't the prevailing factor.&quot;Many adoptive parents talk about how, upon meeting their child's birthmother for the first time, their child, who has never seen his/her family walks, talks and even has gestures of the bio. family.&quot;Yes yes yes!Do people mature and modify their behavior? Yes. I am a combination of my mother and my father, both good and bad traits. As I got older I have been able to see that more clearly and moderate those things that weren't working for me. My adult daughter now tells me she has the same traits I do, and she is correct, some of which I wish I didn't pass onto her.Many studies have been done using twins to conclude that genetics plays the most important part in a persons character.Of course my difficult child can learn self control by life experiences and natural consequences, but she was born with the genetic DNA that had none.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 629279, member: 59"] [I]"All you have to do is adopt a child to see the nature/nurture."[/I] OMG MWM I was just about to say the same thing when I scrolled down and read that. Yes of course there are other factors and yes of course environment can make a difference but no one can tell me that nature isn't the prevailing factor. "[I]Many adoptive parents talk about how, upon meeting their child's birthmother for the first time, their child, who has never seen his/her family walks, talks and even has gestures of the bio. family."[/I] Yes yes yes! Do people mature and modify their behavior? Yes. I am a combination of my mother and my father, both good and bad traits. As I got older I have been able to see that more clearly and moderate those things that weren't working for me. My adult daughter now tells me she has the same traits I do, and she is correct, some of which I wish I didn't pass onto her. Many studies have been done using twins to conclude that genetics plays the most important part in a persons character. Of course my difficult child can learn self control by life experiences and natural consequences, but she was born with the genetic DNA that had none. [/QUOTE]

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