This is very interesting to me since I have a newborn. She’s a very chill baby mostly unbothered. That’s a lot like me. I’m hoping this continues into her later years and it seems I have reason to be optimistic.
My son't best friend in his first year in journalism and starting his first journalism writing class this semester. My son reported that his friend has serious reservations about the class: no British English and no Oxford commas allowed.
The effect of siblings on each other is also interesting. I have noticed in some families the second and third children seem to assess the lay of the land and stake out different territory for themselves. Maybe A was needy and so B becomes more self-contained or self-reliant. One is loud, the next is relatively quiet.
Morning all, I have been at work for only an hour and already have two crises.
I have always enjoyed the nature vs nurture conversation. Surely, it is not all of one, but, I would surmise nature has some big influence, because my siblings and I are all very different personalities, yet my parents taught us all the same things, and we didn't all respond the same.
I have been told I was a rebellious child almost from the get go ( though quite happy go lucky and friendly, I even talked to ants...lol...per my dad ( on our walks), as far as being told who I was supposed to be , what I had to eat, what I could wear etc ( this was mostly a conflict between my mother and I, as we have very different worldviews and behaviors). I think headstrong might be a better descriptor here... But, I loved being around people and interacting, and both these traits have stayed.
Ah, the age old question...nature vs nurture. #1 (birth order) always woke up happy, at 29 she’s still very good natured. #2 is named Abby which quickly developed the nickname Crabby. She’s the reason I became a stay at home mom. I couldn’t bear the crying when I left her at daycare. It was a torturous 2 years and it pains me as a mom to reflect back to those years (and I only worked 3.5 days a week.) She’s not crabby as an adult but one does have to take care with one’s words around her. #3, as most of you know, has Asperger’s. I’d say he is extremely good natured but is seemingly always distracted. Lots going on in that head.
"Hundreds of studies have subsequently and unequivocally demonstrated that temperament is a driving factor in child development that is at least as important as everything that comes after a baby enters the world, including parenting."
Seriously? Hundreds of studies to prove common sense, every day human experience? Things like this never cease to amaze me.
"Life is a come-as-you-are proposition, it seems the science these days is telling us" Thanks, it's always good to start the day with a laugh. As I read this, it suggests that science might tell us otherwise, or has done so at other times when life is definitely, always a come-as-you-are proposition. To think otherwise seems pretty arrogant to me. What's the expression? We plan, God laughs? Or, in the words of the mortal Mike Tyson, everybody has a plan until they get hit. Okay, having regained my composure, I'll keep reading now.
Interesting, but at least what you have quoted only states that inborn temperament is "at least as strong" as parenting, not necessarily stronger. I don't think that the former statement is really that controversial.
Certainly, it's a welcome counter to the "let's blame refrigerator mothers for autism" type sentiments also common at the time. And even now we have both progressives and conservatives assuming babies and even schoolchildren are total blank slates that can be written on at will. Hence panics about "grooming" and such. The assumptions behind a lot of the culture wars involving kids includes that.
Conservatives often at least have an ideal of a very authoritarian model of the family in which children are expected to be subservient to and blindly follow the adults. I say ideal because I also get the impression most don't actually parent that way. Jonah has often stated the family isn't a democracy. But he also praised his daughter for coming with him to be with her grandmother in her last days. That implies she chose to do that, he didn't order her to do it as an authoritarian father would have.
And did they follow these babies to determine if fretful babies grow into fretful adults, or the easy babies grow into easy-going adults?
Although just anecdotal, I recall that when we were little kids (single digits) I was much more outgoing than my sister, who was seen as the "shy one". But as we grew up she became less shy and I became, although not quite shy, much more introverted.
I often think arguing Nature vs Nurture isn't that productive. But I have noticed this is a recurrent theme of yours and it's certainly interesting.
Today's special animal friend is the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon. This bird is found year-round through most of the United States. Migratory populations breed in Canada and overwinter in Mexico or on the Gulf coast of South America. They are a species of Least Concern.
Belted kingfishers are 11 to 14 inches high with a wingspan around 22 inches. Females are slightly larger than males. Males have a dark blue head, back, and wings. Females are slate gray, but they have reddish bands on their chest and sides, while males have a gray band; this is the "belted" part of their name. Both sexes have a stocky body and a large head with a long, pointed beak for snapping fish from the water.
Belted kingfishers eat fish, crustaceans, insects, reptiles and amphibians, and some small mammals. They perch on trees, fences, or bushes near bodies of water and dive headfirst to catch prey. The shape of their heads is adapted to making a clean dive which deceives the prey animal until Snap! The design of kingfishers' heads inspired the designers of Japan's bullet trains, aiding them in streamlining the front of the train to avoid sonic booms in tunnels.
These birds are solitary during most of the year. Breeding pairs are monogamous for the season. The male courts the female by bringing her food, and both sexes defend their breeding territory with fierce posturing, wing-flapping, and shrieks.
Kingfishers make nests in pond or stream banks, excavating an upward-sloping tunnel and placing the nest above possible rising water. Males do the majority of the digging work, which may take up to three weeks. The female lays 5 to 8 eggs, which both parents help to incubate for 22-44 days. The nestlings are fledged in about a month. In some habitats, a pair can hatch two nests in a season.
Habitat loss is the main cause of declining – though not drastically declining – populations of belted kingfishers. They need a particular arrangement of clear water with limited vegetation, nearby trees or shrubbery, and vertical stream or pond banks for their feeding and nesting practices. They have been observed feeding from backyard ornamental fish ponds.
Here's a longer video with lovely views, for the good of everyone's mental health:
This is very interesting to me since I have a newborn. She’s a very chill baby mostly unbothered. That’s a lot like me. I’m hoping this continues into her later years and it seems I have reason to be optimistic.
Thought you all might appreciate this:
My son't best friend in his first year in journalism and starting his first journalism writing class this semester. My son reported that his friend has serious reservations about the class: no British English and no Oxford commas allowed.
The effect of siblings on each other is also interesting. I have noticed in some families the second and third children seem to assess the lay of the land and stake out different territory for themselves. Maybe A was needy and so B becomes more self-contained or self-reliant. One is loud, the next is relatively quiet.
Morning all, I have been at work for only an hour and already have two crises.
I have always enjoyed the nature vs nurture conversation. Surely, it is not all of one, but, I would surmise nature has some big influence, because my siblings and I are all very different personalities, yet my parents taught us all the same things, and we didn't all respond the same.
I have been told I was a rebellious child almost from the get go ( though quite happy go lucky and friendly, I even talked to ants...lol...per my dad ( on our walks), as far as being told who I was supposed to be , what I had to eat, what I could wear etc ( this was mostly a conflict between my mother and I, as we have very different worldviews and behaviors). I think headstrong might be a better descriptor here... But, I loved being around people and interacting, and both these traits have stayed.
Good topic, Marque. This should get things going today!
Ah, the age old question...nature vs nurture. #1 (birth order) always woke up happy, at 29 she’s still very good natured. #2 is named Abby which quickly developed the nickname Crabby. She’s the reason I became a stay at home mom. I couldn’t bear the crying when I left her at daycare. It was a torturous 2 years and it pains me as a mom to reflect back to those years (and I only worked 3.5 days a week.) She’s not crabby as an adult but one does have to take care with one’s words around her. #3, as most of you know, has Asperger’s. I’d say he is extremely good natured but is seemingly always distracted. Lots going on in that head.
"Hundreds of studies have subsequently and unequivocally demonstrated that temperament is a driving factor in child development that is at least as important as everything that comes after a baby enters the world, including parenting."
Seriously? Hundreds of studies to prove common sense, every day human experience? Things like this never cease to amaze me.
"Life is a come-as-you-are proposition, it seems the science these days is telling us" Thanks, it's always good to start the day with a laugh. As I read this, it suggests that science might tell us otherwise, or has done so at other times when life is definitely, always a come-as-you-are proposition. To think otherwise seems pretty arrogant to me. What's the expression? We plan, God laughs? Or, in the words of the mortal Mike Tyson, everybody has a plan until they get hit. Okay, having regained my composure, I'll keep reading now.
Interesting, but at least what you have quoted only states that inborn temperament is "at least as strong" as parenting, not necessarily stronger. I don't think that the former statement is really that controversial.
Certainly, it's a welcome counter to the "let's blame refrigerator mothers for autism" type sentiments also common at the time. And even now we have both progressives and conservatives assuming babies and even schoolchildren are total blank slates that can be written on at will. Hence panics about "grooming" and such. The assumptions behind a lot of the culture wars involving kids includes that.
Conservatives often at least have an ideal of a very authoritarian model of the family in which children are expected to be subservient to and blindly follow the adults. I say ideal because I also get the impression most don't actually parent that way. Jonah has often stated the family isn't a democracy. But he also praised his daughter for coming with him to be with her grandmother in her last days. That implies she chose to do that, he didn't order her to do it as an authoritarian father would have.
And did they follow these babies to determine if fretful babies grow into fretful adults, or the easy babies grow into easy-going adults?
Although just anecdotal, I recall that when we were little kids (single digits) I was much more outgoing than my sister, who was seen as the "shy one". But as we grew up she became less shy and I became, although not quite shy, much more introverted.
I often think arguing Nature vs Nurture isn't that productive. But I have noticed this is a recurrent theme of yours and it's certainly interesting.
“. Both sexes have a stocky body…” The belts make sense, then. Very slimming.
Good morning. I think I was born with the temperament of that great Bruce Springsteen song, Born to Pun.
Today's special animal friend is the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon. This bird is found year-round through most of the United States. Migratory populations breed in Canada and overwinter in Mexico or on the Gulf coast of South America. They are a species of Least Concern.
Belted kingfishers are 11 to 14 inches high with a wingspan around 22 inches. Females are slightly larger than males. Males have a dark blue head, back, and wings. Females are slate gray, but they have reddish bands on their chest and sides, while males have a gray band; this is the "belted" part of their name. Both sexes have a stocky body and a large head with a long, pointed beak for snapping fish from the water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8djL-Z-WJI
Belted kingfishers eat fish, crustaceans, insects, reptiles and amphibians, and some small mammals. They perch on trees, fences, or bushes near bodies of water and dive headfirst to catch prey. The shape of their heads is adapted to making a clean dive which deceives the prey animal until Snap! The design of kingfishers' heads inspired the designers of Japan's bullet trains, aiding them in streamlining the front of the train to avoid sonic booms in tunnels.
These birds are solitary during most of the year. Breeding pairs are monogamous for the season. The male courts the female by bringing her food, and both sexes defend their breeding territory with fierce posturing, wing-flapping, and shrieks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywwbaFy6XM
Kingfishers make nests in pond or stream banks, excavating an upward-sloping tunnel and placing the nest above possible rising water. Males do the majority of the digging work, which may take up to three weeks. The female lays 5 to 8 eggs, which both parents help to incubate for 22-44 days. The nestlings are fledged in about a month. In some habitats, a pair can hatch two nests in a season.
Habitat loss is the main cause of declining – though not drastically declining – populations of belted kingfishers. They need a particular arrangement of clear water with limited vegetation, nearby trees or shrubbery, and vertical stream or pond banks for their feeding and nesting practices. They have been observed feeding from backyard ornamental fish ponds.
Here's a longer video with lovely views, for the good of everyone's mental health:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yIMik4CTX8
Good morning.