I think I agree with just about everything that's been posted.
I think Nature is a big part of what your dispositioned to be like. However, it requires the proper Nurturing to guide you in that particular direction.
But what if you consider Darwin's "survival of the fittest" theory? It seems that the weaker would nurture the same traits/qualities in their offspring, while the strongest would nurture their stronger traits/qualities in
their offspring. So is that nature, or nurture? I still think it's both.
As for the genetic counselors...we are a ways from being able to isolate and alter human genes to prevent diaseses. Particularly mental illnesses, which do seem to be somewhat affected by ones environment. While I'm not a scienties, I wouldn't think that
one gene, or even one strand of genes, would be the sole factor in most diseases, so I don't know how effective altering DNA could be anyway. And the thought of choosing your child's traits is just scary.
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