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Mumsnet Discussions: Behaviour / development : Is this nature or nurture..? (4 messages)
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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By julen on Fri 16-May-08 14:07:29
Some boys seem to play with stuff without ever braking anything and without necessarily getting out all toys in the room within 5 minutes, while others are the opposite: braking lots of stuff, not on purpose, but just by playing roughly, concentrating on the same thing for 2 minutes tops etc.

What do you think; to what extent is this difference nature or nurture? How far does a parent's influence reach? I wonder about this a lot, especially seeing ds and his cousin play together (they are on opposite ends on this)..
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By StarlightMcKenzie on Fri 16-May-08 14:08:39
Julen - LOL, - you know you're gonna get 'both' don't you!?
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By OverMyDeadBody on Fri 16-May-08 14:08:41
probably more down to personality types and co-ordination I would think. So nature.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Hassled on Fri 16-May-08 14:13:12
I'm a reasonably neat person, fathers of my DCs are slobs (in the nicest possible way! I just mean they don't notice mess), all 4 DCs are complete slobs. I've never had one of those quiet well-behaved children despite being quiet and well-behaved myself hmm.

I think it's probably less to do with how the parents are themselves and more to do with how much the parents impose or insist upon their own standards. For example - I never prevented mine, early on, from getting loads of toys out at once and so can't really complain when they trash the place.


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