What do you think of this article?

Dee

I skimmed it and i think its like everything else. If you want to find a link between two things you can.

cobberor

Interesting, but in my experience as a teacher most of the kids I've been in contact with who came to their parents after three years had lots of problems. Most of the parents were caring, loving individuals, but eventually the kids rebelled against their upbringing. Not sure if it's simple teenage rebellion or something in their past, but it's definitely there.

Kate

I myself was pre-exposed to alcohol and drugs during my biological mother's pregnancy with me.

I was put into foster care from birth and raised by my foster parents who are my adoptive parents and have been so for twenty years for all my life. A loving, caring home, considered one of the best foster homes in the city, and all of us siblings have done well.

However, from the year of two I started suffering from severe anxiety out of nowhere. As time went on so did my anxiety issues. By the age of thirteen I was suffering from anxiety issues, OCD, panic attacks, chronic depression and mood swings.

At the age of fifteen, I met my biological family, mother, father, siblings and BINGO! My biological mother has many mental issues, one of my siblings has the same emotional problems I have, my biological father also has issues.

So, for someone to tell me that my environment played a role, well once I met my biological parents it seemed more so that my genetics played a stronger role and regardless of where I was raised these issues would have surfaced.

Looney Tunes

I tend to disagree with this I think. The first 3-5 years is extremely important in future outcome of a person's life.

Abandonment, abuse, neglect, etc in early childhood leads to problems in later life. There is CLEAR scientific evidence that show that people who experience constant "stress" have a damaged hippocampus. When the body is under stress, it releases a hormone called cortisol, which helps the body adapt to the stressful experience. However, studies have shown that continued high levels of cortisol actually damage or destroy cells in the hippocampus.

Additionally, researchers have compared the size of the hippocampus between those with chronic PTSD and those without PTSD. People with chronic PTSD have smaller hippocampi.

Read this
http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_childAbuseAndTheBrain
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.22/01-brain.html
http://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/glaser.htm

So, the brains of people who experience alot of stress are hardwired differently.

sunny

"It may well be the case that extreme emotional deprivation in the first two years of life can have devastating, irreversible consequences."

I would say that losing your mother at birth, as adoptees have, would fall under the category of 'emotional deprivation', and I think the 'consequencess' are 'irreversible'.

alice h

i have 1 biological child and my partner does as well. both are girls and they are 4.5 months apart in age. the 2 fathers are friends we picked to match each birth mom's appearance and manner.
anyway, what i'm seeing is that nurture means nothing, natur/genetics is really the underlying cause of everything.
the toddlers have been raised together since birth, but couldnt be more different! they look like twins to a stranger, but their personalities are polar opposites!

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