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Parenting Efforts and Genetics
Some believe that parenting efforts have nothing to do with predation, since genetic propensities of the child may interfere with or not respond to parenting efforts. However, that does not mean that parenting does not matter, or that it cannot be combined with genetics to affect the child and his or her nature. Studies have shown that the quality of parenting, especially in early childhood, can interact with dopamine in the brain, in order to influence temperament (Sheese, et al., 2007). In that way, genetics can be superseded, at least to some degree, by the way a parent treats his or her child. In turn, that can affect how the parent relates to the child, which can shape the way the child grows up (Sheese, et al., 2007). That is not to say that genetics are not important, because they definitely can and do shape a lot of the way a person acts throughout life, and that starts in very early childhood (Maccoby, 2001). People are different from one another, and as such they do not respond to parenting styles in the same way, no matter what age they...
It is vital that genetics be considered when parenting any child.
In addition to carefully considering genetics, though, the way a person is parented is going to have a significant impact on how he or she looks at the world, both as a child and as he or she grows up (Sheese, et al., 2007). Those who acknowledge this, and who work to parent their children in a way that relates to the genetics of their child, are going to have more success as parents than others who do not take this kind of issue into account (Maccoby, 2001). Genetics are not the whole story, and parenting is not the whole story. The two must be combined in such a way that they are successful for the particular child in the particular situation (Maccoby, 2001). That may mean some trial and error, especially at first, because children are still figuring out who they are and who their parents are when they are very young. As they grow, they become more aware of themselves and others, but they also learn to manipulate other people, including their parents.
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References
Maccoby, E.E. (2001). Parenting and its effects on children: On reading and misreading behavior genetics. The Science of Mental Health: Personality and personality disorder, 51, 201.
Sheese, B.E., Voelker, P.M., Rothbart, M.K., & Posner, M.I. (2007). Parenting quality interacts with genetic variation in dopamine receptor D4 to influence temperament in early childhood. Development and psychopathology, 19(04), 1039-1046.
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