In response to my previous post, Denis talked about the nature v nurture situation in his experience in daughter-raising. Miss Eagle's own experience was her determination to steer her two sons away from a military mindset. Miss Eagle's sons did not join the Boy Scouts because of the Scouts' tendency to get involved with the army. Sons joined the Boys' Brigade instead. No guns were allowed in the house. Gun shaped water pistols were barely tolerated. But then what happened?No. 2 Son while still in his high chair would chew his crusts of bread into a gun shape. When he was barely big enough to hold a hammer, he would get two scraps of wood and a nail and attempt to hammer them into a gun. But No. 2 Son is a pacifist. He grew up to be a very quiet and peaceful man interested in poetry and the environment. So nature v nurture. Horsefeathers! The cards go up in the air, in Miss Eagle's view, and land where they may. What are your experiences of nature v nurture?
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Hey, the first four of my five kids grew up with no exposure to TV. and therefore did not know what guns were! However they had a toy mouth organ in the shape of a gun. When NSW visitors came with kids the same age,they brought a toy gun, which my son immediately put to his mouth and tried to "play". On the strength of that, these visitors decided they wanted to move to Norfolk Island (but proved an unrealistic dream!)
BTW, did not stop my boys all owning air rifles etc as older teenagers, but they were definitely not aggressive.
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