Thursday, November 29, 2007
Chapter 5
Before reading this chapter you have to assume that the parents had the children and didn't have an abortion to lower the crime rate like the last chapter stated. It was very interesting to see how many schools of thought are actually out there when it comes to parenting. My sister had a kid 2 years ago and I know she is always paying attention of new studies telling her to do this or not to do this. It seems crazy that one day you are doing something with your child that he or she enjoys and the next day someone comes out saying that action is detrimental to your child's success. I agree with the fact that parents do play an essential role in the development of their children, without them who is going to tell them wrong from right? If it is all just nature and the way they are born is the way they are going to be forever than what is the need of staying with your parents for so long? I do believe to some extent that if your parents are smarter or far more well off that you will have a better chance of success, because if you don't get into the public school that is good there is always that private one you can afford. The bottom-line is that there are tons of factors that contribute to how a child is going to turn out, there is everything that a parent does, there is the outside force from friends and the environment they grow up in, there is the child itself who from all of these forces combines what they feel are important and use them all at the same time to model their behavior.
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You are right about the fact that parents play an important role on how their kids are going to turn out. The author was trying to make a point that 50% of how a kid turns out is genetic because kids that are adopted by people with high IQs often turn out dumber than their adopted parents. The author proceeded to say that it’s because those kids are often of parents with lower IQs, so they inherit their biological parents IQ’s. I see it differently. I think the author didn’t take into account that adopted parents often don’t treat adopted kids the same as their own. If they have other biological kids, they often treat their biological kids better than the adopted ones which would definitely have an impact on how adopted kids turn out. If they don’t have biological children of their own, they often spoil the adopted child because they view him as something rare. As anyone knows spoiling a child is not the best way to raise him either. Further, adopted kids are often of different races from their adopted parents. In most cases, they are minorities or foreigners which means they have to face the same struggles that every other minorities and foreign looking kids face. There are a lot of reasons that can explain the gap between adopted parent’s IQ’s and adopted children.
I agree with you in the fact that good parenting leads to a better chance of success for the child. Mike mentioned that adopted kids aren't treated the same as biological children.
An example from my childhood:
I had a friend Todd who was the biological son of his parents. He had 2 other brothers who were both adopted at a young age. I grew up with Todd andhis brothers throughout middle school and can attest to the fact that his parents treated each one of them with the same amount of love and affection. Not once did I see them favor Todd over his adopted brothers. Why would anyone adopt a child if they aren't going to give him/her the same respect and attention as their biological children?
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