Posted by lissa on July 10, 2001, at 23:19:09
In reply to Parenting ..., posted by Willow on July 10, 2001, at 22:28:29
> * One set of parents would then be instructed to be very, very mean. And then the other set would be very, very nice. And then they'd see how the kids turned out.
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> Just wondering how many people figure their parents are a major cause of their problems?
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> Willow... it was just my silly way to experiment with the nature-nurture variables. If the child who was treated very nicely (but had a gene for mental illness) and became mentally ill, maybe you'd say it was the gene or some other biological disposition that was the main cause. if the child who was treated unkindly didn't get mental illness (and had the gene or disposition for neurochemical problems ...), then we would have to settle on some other cause of the child's particular ailment. It was just something off the top of my head, not serious. the idea of cloning is interesting to me (just as an idea) because it would be such an advantage for medical experiments.
this is still interesting: how many people really do blame their parents entirely for their mental problems?
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