Some scientists are of the opinion that hereditary characteristics are responsible for the
person’s temperament and hence future career. I disagree with this notion. I believe that
genes do play a role but the primary determinant is nurture – education and bringing up. It
is definitely possible to mould a child into any direction by proper bringing-up.
If we adopt the mindset that if parents are criminals so will the children be then we are
limiting or even damaging the individual’s basic right to achieve his very best. Children can
rise above the gene pool and rise to great heights. Even if a child is born to criminal parents
but brought up away from that environment and provided quality education, he will not be
a criminal.
The debate on nature versus nurture has been raging for ages and no clear cut answer has
come forward. A child prodigy can be born to ordinary parents and many intelligent parents
can have ordinary children. A talented person can go unnoticed in the absence of right
environment and upbringing and an ordinary person can reach great heights with proper
training. So, interplay between hereditary and environmental factors must be there.
It has been seen that children born to intelligent parents also are intelligent and successful.
But it is also possible that such parents provide an environment which nurtures the
development of their children. When we see some programmes such as ‘India’s Got Talent’
and ‘Little Champs’, we notice some extremely gifted children who are born with talent and
also some who have achieved great heights with great perseverance and proper coaching.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that both nature and nurture play a part in
determining the character of a person. It can also be concluded that both are inextricably
linked with each other. But nurture weighs over nature and it is definitely possible to
prevent children from growing up to be criminals.
Some
scientists are of the opinion that hereditary characteristics are responsible for the
person
’s temperament and
hence
future career. I disagree with this notion. I believe
that
genes
do play a role
but
the primary determinant is nurture
–
education and bringing up. It
is
definitely possible to
mould
a child into any direction by proper bringing-up.
If we adopt the mindset that if
parents
are criminals
so
will the
children
be then we are
limiting
or even damaging the individual’s basic right to achieve his
very
best.
Children
can
rise
above the gene pool and rise to
great
heights.
Even if
a child
is born
to criminal
parents
but
brought up away from that environment and provided quality education, he will not be
a
criminal.
The debate on nature versus nurture has been raging for ages and no
clear
cut
answer has
come
forward. A child prodigy can
be born
to ordinary
parents
and
many
intelligent
parents
can
have ordinary
children
. A talented person can go unnoticed in the absence of
right
environment and upbringing and an ordinary person can reach
great
heights with proper
training
.
So
, interplay between hereditary and environmental factors
must
be there.
It has been
seen
that
children
born to intelligent
parents
also
are intelligent and successful.
But
it is
also
possible that such
parents
provide an environment which nurtures the
development
of their
children
. When we
see
some
programmes
such as ‘India’s
Got
Talent
’
and ‘
Little
Champs’, we notice
some
extremely
gifted
children
who
are born
with talent and
also
some
who have achieved
great
heights with
great
perseverance and proper coaching.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that both nature and nurture play a part in
determining
the character of a person. It can
also
be concluded
that both are
inextricably
linked
with each other.
But
nurture weighs over nature and it is definitely possible
to
prevent
children
from growing up to be criminals.