Re:Do Parents Matter?
by divia on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @09:45PM
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Can you extend that observation to the adopted kids you know? The adopted children I know are far less like their parents than the biological children I know. Granted, the adopted children I know were not implanted in their adopted mothers' wombs, so it's not a perfect comparison, but I definitely think it's worth thinking about. Observation about parents and children who are biologically related doesn't seem to me to be particularly informative when thinking about nature and nurture.
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Actually one of my children I am not the father of, and he's already quite a bit like me.
Re:Do Parents Matter?
by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday April 16, 2009 @01:02PM
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Same here. My son is adopted (by me): he's my wife's biological son and it's amazing (for good or bad :-) how much like me he is.
ps, Someone upvote parent please: I accidentally downvoted thismat.