Recently, I met a school principal with whom I started conversing with about the influence of nature and nurture on human behaviour. He shared with me his personal childhood experiences and told me that he believed nurture has a bigger effect even though nature has its own influence.
The issue of nature versus nurture has been highly debated among social psychologists and many researchers. Personally, I don't think it is important to debate the influence of nature but it does not mean that we do not need to do anything to develop and shape up what has been given to us naturally. The real question to ask, though, is who has the responsibility to identify the gift of nature, nurture its growth and shape it up in a way that is helpful to self, family, community, nation and world?.
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