Nature vs. nurture

This week in sociology, we learned about how humans aren't born with actions we see as natural. For example, something as simple as chewing is something we've all learned as babies watching our parents while they ate. All children are born with the potential of being able to interact, walk, and talk; however depending on our environment, it's not always guaranteed. During class, we watched an episode of Oprah about kids who were neglected and abused by their parents for even making noise. They were confined in these tiny rooms where they were given just enough food to survive, and they were living in the worst conditions. While I was watching the clip, I thought about how these kids were so helpless and how it wasn't fair how they had no choice but to be born to these horrible parents. It made me realize how fortunate I was that I had parents that valued me and nurtured me to be who I was today. It made me socially mindful that no matter how bad anything got, it wouldn't be anything compared to what these kids had been through.