Newsweek reports on why your kid is a dumbass
Image via WikipediaThere’s an interesting article over at Newsweek.com by Sharon Begley regarding a genetic glitch discovered in childrens DNA that makes it difficult to impossible for certain children to learn from their mistakes. Mistakes like illicit drug use, obesity, addictions etc. that continues to fuck with their lives reinforced by their “inability to learn the negative consequences of their actions.”
Interesting article. It also mentions genetic differences that allow children to deal with traumatic experiences like rape or neglect differently than others. For example:
“an emotionally distant mother, one who is cold and uncaring, who turns away when her child feels the pain of a skinned knee no less than from a crushed dream. That is supposed to make a child more likely to develop “externalizing behavior,” acting out in a bid for attention. But children with a certain form of a gene called DRD4, which stands for dopamine-receptor D4, are Teflon-coated, at little to no risk of becoming emotionally insecure as a result of mothers who are emotionally distant, found a 2007 study.”
(via Slashdot)
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