Nurture

We've been focusing on human nurture this past week and we watched a clip from Oprah about feral children. Human nurture and interaction is key in the developing stages of life. Without human and social interaction there are many negative side effects that can develop. It's extremely sad to think that there are people who would abandon their children and keep them locked up for years. I never thought about the difference between how our environment and human nature affect us. Also, the video from Nova about the girl who was locked up for 12 years is shocking, yet a great example of how human nurture and social interaction are necessities. We are fortunate to be able to do the simple things in life that one usually takes for granted, like speaking, hearing, seeing, etc. It's also interesting to see how much of an impact our parents have on us through manifest and latent lessons. I've been shaped by being raised in a middle-upper class area and attending a very prestigious high school. We are forced to be social and competitive to get any where in life.