Nature and nurture, which plays a major role in the personality and development of children? 天性和后天培養(yǎng),哪個(gè)因素在孩子性格的發(fā)展過程中起主要作用?
In children' s development of personality, which plays a major part, nature or nurture? As I see it, nurture is as important as, if not more important than nature.
Family does play a significant role in shaping children' s inclination and character. After one is born, the first and nearest surroundings is the family in which he will grow up. Parents are the first teachers to their children. Every day, parents' speech and action influence the mental and physical development of their children who tend to follow what their parents do. Because the family is children' s most direct source of knowledge and other experience, those who are brought up in good family tend to possess many pleasant characters.
When a child becomes old enough to communicate with other children, he begins having friends who sometimes influence him more rapidly than do families. By associating with friends, one can gradually get into the society and become sociable. To some extent, man is a sociable creature so that children should understand the society, get used to it, and get pleasure out of it. To this point, friends would help. As for me, I have lots of friends who have many different opinions and personalities. Discussing with them enriches my thought, and playing with them builds up my personality.
Some people advocate the role of nature in molding children' s characteristics. They take for example some of famous families in the world, which brought up many scientists, such as Bernoullis. But it should be a forceful example to demonstrate the importance of the family' s nurture.
If you want to succeed, do not rely on the nature. To achieve your goal needs the efforts of yourself. God helps those who help themselves.