Nature Versus Nurture

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saoirse65Ballyshannon, Donegal Ireland210 Threads 3,338 Posts

saoirse65OPBallyshannon, Donegal Ireland3,338 posts

What makes you the person that you are?
Did your upbringing make you what you are now?
Did life make you what you are now?
Just curious

Speaking for myself.. I think that my Parents made me the core person that I am..meaning what I learned from them...values..etc...
Life ...did the rest to me...

sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland38 Threads 2 Polls 3,166 Posts

sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland3,166 posts

saoirse65: What makes you the person that you are?
Did your upbringing make you what you are now?
Did life make you what you are now?
Just curious
Speaking for myself.. I think that my Parents made me the core person that I am..meaning what I learned from them...values..etc...
Life ...did the rest to me...

oh god this debate..its gone on for years now you bring it up again...

i'm with you..
i do believe its the things we are taught as children and teens by our parents/guardians that make us who we are..values , principals,
beliefs,morals. etc...

wexlady41Wexford, Ireland47 Threads 5 Polls 7,935 Posts

wexlady41Wexford, Ireland7,935 posts

I think my parents made me who I am for the most part. But I think there is some nature in there too as I have completely different views/values/opinions on a lot of things to the rest of my family.

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland43 Threads 4 Polls 4,692 Posts

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland4,692 posts

Mine too. I wouldn't be half the person i am today without my parents. They taught me there is always someone worse off than yourself and to never give up no matter how hard things get.

waxlroseLimerick, Ireland12 Threads 2 Polls 200 Posts

waxlroseLimerick, Ireland200 posts

DUBLINGUY1973: Mine too. I wouldn't be half the person i am today without my parents. They taught me there is always someone worse off than yourself and to never give up no matter how hard things get.

They only told you there was people worse to make you feel better

wexlady41Wexford, Ireland47 Threads 5 Polls 7,935 Posts

wexlady41Wexford, Ireland7,935 posts

Mine taught me the opposite. There is always someone better than me and that I would end up going nowhere!

Well my mother taught me that.. my dad just loves me as I am.

ella1976cork, Cork Ireland14 Threads 6,479 Posts

ella1976cork, Cork Ireland6,479 posts

YES MAM AND DAD TOUGHT US WELL,AND IT WAS THE UP BRINGIN ,THOSE DAYS PEOPLE HAD,NT A LOT ,SO WE WERE CLOSER

KalimeraDublin, Ireland6 Threads 1,708 Posts

KalimeraDublin, Ireland1,708 posts

A combination of the two I think, I would have been a believer of the nurture theory at one time but having raised my son alone since he was 7, I can see traits that are so like his Father in him, sometimes it is as if his Dad is in the room and my son had almost no contact with him for 10 years.

As for me personally how I grew up has had a big influence on the person I am, even if it was just to show me the type of adult I dont want to be.

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland43 Threads 4 Polls 4,692 Posts

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland4,692 posts

wexlady41: Mine taught me the opposite. There is always someone better than me and that I would end up going nowhere!

Well my mother taught me that.. my dad just loves me as I am.

Sorry to hear that, C. Sounds like you are proving her wrong though

1onemanmayo 4 sam, Mayo Ireland14 Threads 448 Posts

1onemanmayo 4 sam, Mayo Ireland448 posts

nobody is born good or bad in my opinion
its the way your treated as a child
and the way your brought up
that has a big bearing on your life as a adult

wexlady41Wexford, Ireland47 Threads 5 Polls 7,935 Posts

wexlady41Wexford, Ireland7,935 posts

DUBLINGUY1973: Sorry to hear that, C. Sounds like you are proving her wrong though

I sometimes think that's my mission in life!

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland43 Threads 4 Polls 4,692 Posts

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland4,692 posts

wexlady41: I sometimes think that's my mission in life!

Not a bad mission to have sometimes if it makes you happy

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland43 Threads 4 Polls 4,692 Posts

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland4,692 posts

DUBLINGUY1973: Not a bad mission to have sometimes if it makes you happy

Or as long as you are happy i should have said

vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts

vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland11,475 posts

Hi M......

Personally I do think that some people are born bad and some are born good.

'Theres Something about Kevin' anyone.......

I do think genealogy has a big role in who we are. Our upbringing, lifes experiences, influences and peers are also big factors. To me ots a mixture of both.

sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland38 Threads 2 Polls 3,166 Posts

sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland3,166 posts

vinny1967: Hi M......

Personally I do think that some people are born bad and some are born good.

'Theres Something about Kevin' anyone.......

I do think genealogy has a big role in who we are. Our upbringing, lifes experiences, influences and peers are also big factors. To me ots a mixture of both.

what/whos that ..

saoirse65Ballyshannon, Donegal Ireland210 Threads 3,338 Posts

saoirse65OPBallyshannon, Donegal Ireland3,338 posts

I have the book and I am still kinda scared to read it

I do not know the nature v nurture thing...
It is all very scary to me.
Are we all just very safe in our own environments,,,, Have You read the book? I have it right here

sexydivabellaDrogheda, Dublin Ireland44 Threads 4 Polls 5,978 Posts

sexydivabellaDrogheda, Dublin Ireland5,978 posts

saoirse65: I have the book and I am still kinda scared to read it
I do not know the nature v nurture thing...
It is all very scary to me.
Are we all just very safe in our own environments,,,, Have You read the book? I have it right here

it is a great book

read it
feel the fear and do it girl

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland43 Threads 4 Polls 4,692 Posts

DUBLINGUY1973Dublin, Ireland4,692 posts

I preferred the movie "there's something about Mary"

vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts

vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland11,475 posts

sharina: what/whos that ..

Sorry wrong title.

'We need to talk about Kevin'..........Its a book by Lionel Shriver about a child born to loving parents who was bad from the time he was born............Its a work of fiction but is frighteningly scary.....

sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland38 Threads 2 Polls 3,166 Posts

sharinadublin, Dublin Ireland3,166 posts

vinny1967: Sorry wrong title.

'We need to talk about Kevin'..........Its a book by Lionel Shriver about a child born to loving parents who was bad from the time he was born............Its a work of fiction but is frighteningly scary.....

i just read "born bad", josephine cox..very good reading .fiction..

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