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Been thinking about genetics a lot lately...so is it nature or nurture?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 536072"><p>I use to think it was closer to 50/50. And then we adopted a child and I made friends with several parents of adopted children. </p><p>All of us now have adult adopted children and ALL OF THESE ADULT CHILDREN ARE MENTALLY ILL.</p><p>I'm fairly sure that 100% of us now feel that genetics is<u><em><strong> significantly more influential </strong></em></u>than the environment.</p><p>I had a doctor for a short time (he was actually the doctor of a relative and I went to him briefly...between docs). He had a son (bio) and a daughter (adopted). He often spoke about his son and never about his daughter. I gently asked the nurse about it. She quietly said that the daughter was adopted (I didn't know this at the time) and was "not well" and had caused tremendous grief to the family for many years. They had spent tons of money and time trying to get her help. Their son was studying to be a physician.</p><p>In my family we often talk about how even the most basic of things...like food is different for our adopted difficult child. </p><p>She eats completely different foods even though she grew up in our house and ate the same foods her entire life. </p><p>Our son eats mostly like us (Mom and Dad), yet difficult child eats very differently. That is just a small example.</p><p>One of the weirdest things is the child of a friend of mine. The mom (my friend) was basically a housewife. Her husband has a PhD. Her mother (grandma) lived with them for much of the time. She was a nurse. They had a bio son and an adopted girl. They did everything in their power to help the girl. The son is a very successful businessperson. She (the daughter) is diagnosis'd with a mental illness, is an alcoholic and is often homeless. IN an effort to help her when she was in her teens...they tracked down her birthmother. Guess what? She is mentally ill, an alcoholic and often homeless. They were in SHOCK! It was as if she was NEVER in another home, with lots of nurturing, special care, special schools, family values, intellectual stimulation, etc. It was if none of that ever happened...their daughter followed the pattern of her birthmother exactly....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 536072"] I use to think it was closer to 50/50. And then we adopted a child and I made friends with several parents of adopted children. All of us now have adult adopted children and ALL OF THESE ADULT CHILDREN ARE MENTALLY ILL. I'm fairly sure that 100% of us now feel that genetics is[U][I][B] significantly more influential [/B][/I][/U]than the environment. I had a doctor for a short time (he was actually the doctor of a relative and I went to him briefly...between docs). He had a son (bio) and a daughter (adopted). He often spoke about his son and never about his daughter. I gently asked the nurse about it. She quietly said that the daughter was adopted (I didn't know this at the time) and was "not well" and had caused tremendous grief to the family for many years. They had spent tons of money and time trying to get her help. Their son was studying to be a physician. In my family we often talk about how even the most basic of things...like food is different for our adopted difficult child. She eats completely different foods even though she grew up in our house and ate the same foods her entire life. Our son eats mostly like us (Mom and Dad), yet difficult child eats very differently. That is just a small example. One of the weirdest things is the child of a friend of mine. The mom (my friend) was basically a housewife. Her husband has a PhD. Her mother (grandma) lived with them for much of the time. She was a nurse. They had a bio son and an adopted girl. They did everything in their power to help the girl. The son is a very successful businessperson. She (the daughter) is diagnosis'd with a mental illness, is an alcoholic and is often homeless. IN an effort to help her when she was in her teens...they tracked down her birthmother. Guess what? She is mentally ill, an alcoholic and often homeless. They were in SHOCK! It was as if she was NEVER in another home, with lots of nurturing, special care, special schools, family values, intellectual stimulation, etc. It was if none of that ever happened...their daughter followed the pattern of her birthmother exactly.... [/QUOTE]
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