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To: Rambi who wrote (36502)	8/29/1999 1:44:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 71178

Yes, reason and will can be strong agents for change. And I agree that the nurturing love as a child you receive can have dramatic effects on the way you interact in a relational way as an adult. Perhaps where we disagree somewhat is in the area of likelyhood to change. The challenge to change a childs level of trust and love is huge. Certainly, there have been examples of parents adopting frightened children at 8 or 9 and then over many years changing their trust and love domains. On the other hand, there have been many more parents unable to create the environment around which change happens in a truly destroyed child. But children are individuals, so it's difficult to compare one with another. I never fully bought the Piaget concept that every person had to go through the same phases in order to reach their full potential. People are individuals, and I believe, there are always exceptions to the rules. Believing in the potential for those exceptions to shine forth, reduces the chances of setting up a self-fullfilling prophecy. But it's an interesting issue, that I'm sure we will continue to hear new discoveries and theories put forth on in the future. Michael