I know someone who was abandoned at a very young age by their biological father; their mother quickly remarried. They refer to the adoptive father as their father and to the biological father as their genitor.
I don’t see this as a case of nature versus nurture as this is an unusual situation. In extreme cases the environment in which we are raised can have a profound influence on our attitudes and personalities; but typically our genetic inheritance plays a dominate role. The apple does not often fall far from the tree.
Parker: I don’t see it as a case of nature vs. nurture either. I was just being cute (or attempting to be cute). My point is that, for these girls, they chose as more important the parents who raised them over the ones who gave them their genetic makeup. This is not surprising, and really has little to do with the nature-nurture controversy.
Interesting to post this after the post on Steve Jobs, who was raised by adoptive parents, and who found out about his biological parents when he was an adult.
Like Parker, I didn’t realize that Neo was writing with tongue in cheek. There aren’t the nonverbal cues available on online writing.
Being there in person is not always of assistance in detecting humor. My humor is of the dry, deadpan sort. One occasion I have said something which I intended to be humorous which was taken seriously. “That was a joke,” I said.
I know someone who was abandoned at a very young age by their biological father; their mother quickly remarried. They refer to the adoptive father as their father and to the biological father as their genitor.
I don’t see this as a case of nature versus nurture as this is an unusual situation. In extreme cases the environment in which we are raised can have a profound influence on our attitudes and personalities; but typically our genetic inheritance plays a dominate role. The apple does not often fall far from the tree.
Parker: I don’t see it as a case of nature vs. nurture either. I was just being cute (or attempting to be cute). My point is that, for these girls, they chose as more important the parents who raised them over the ones who gave them their genetic makeup. This is not surprising, and really has little to do with the nature-nurture controversy.
Interesting to post this after the post on Steve Jobs, who was raised by adoptive parents, and who found out about his biological parents when he was an adult.
Like Parker, I didn’t realize that Neo was writing with tongue in cheek. There aren’t the nonverbal cues available on online writing.
Being there in person is not always of assistance in detecting humor. My humor is of the dry, deadpan sort. One occasion I have said something which I intended to be humorous which was taken seriously. “That was a joke,” I said.
Neo, I hear you and agree.
This is not nature vs nurture.
This is imprinting
😉
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I’ll copy my husband’s response when I told him the situation:
“Well, duh.”
(He’s from California. He can say that.)