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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (23712)	8/21/2001 1:57:40 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

>>Now that I've raised my own I realize that is nonsense, and that while we can affect to some degree who they are and how they act, and of course can provide or withhold the resources for them to develop their particular talents, encourage or discourage them from growing the directions they want to, etc., to a very large degree they are who they are the moment they emerge into the world (indeed, long before that) and there's nothing we can do to change their basic nature.<< I agree with that to a certain extent. I think we are born with certain characteristics (personality traits) which will be us always. Everyone has a particular bent. “The natural bent of my mind was to science” (Thomas Paine). But I also believe "as the twig is bent, so grows the tree". As parents, we have the responsibility for judicious "pruning", and with the right tools (love and respect for your children) they will probably grow into "sturdy plants". Oh gee, get me started on my kids, and I go all sappy.