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　　V111 Children - Nature or Nurture?

　　Which one has deeper influence on molding children’s personalities and their development nature or nurture?

　　In certain respects, children are the same all over the world. But when they grow up, they become quite different. What has caused such considerable changes? I believe nurture plays the crucial role in personality and development of a child. In another word, the circumstances surrounding the child are more important to form its character.

　　As an old saying remarked, ‘No man is born wise or learned’. Had nobody taught him, a man would even not be able to count from 1 to 10, no matter how talented he were. In fact, a nascent infant to who has scarcely given birth, in certain aspects, is just the same as a kitten being no aware of so-called character. Its nature is to cry for food when it feels hungry, or cry for release when it feels uncomfortable. That is that. The true story of ‘wolf-child’ can be the best evidence.

　　On the other hand, the parents, teachers, as well as other people around a child, are the main builders who develop its personality. Learning from the circumstances, the child forms its character and concepts of the world. People always say ‘the best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.’ Without correct guidance, a clear conscience can even go bad. For instance, a father is a deep drug addict, and in most cases, his son starts this dangerous experience very early, by reason of smoky air he has breathed since his childhood. Such situation is not rare. On the contrary, we often hear similar news from media.

　　As you can tell from my analysis, among all factors affecting the growth of children, nurture is the crucial one, which is much more important than the nature or any other else.