Sunday, October 19, 2008
Not so independent after all.
Our past few discussions in class about nature and nurture have really taught me a lot. For instance, I had no idea that we needed other people that much - that humans have no natural language or instinct to communicate with eath other. If we were to be on our own from birth, we'd be very primitive and animalistic. I found this most interesting because so many people (especially young people) strive for independence. No one wants to be dependent on others or sheltered their whole lives when that is exactly what humans need when they're born. We need loving parents to coddle us and shower us with love and teach us how to interact with others and act in society. It's difficult to think of everyone being like large animals, but if we didn't interact with others or get nurtured as babies, that is exactly how we would be.
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I get that we should be dependent. Especially after Sal just commented on the fact that I want to be independent. It should a natural thing to want to be nurtured, and people should be comfortable with that.
Its very interesting how as teenagers people tend to push their parents away and try to act like adults. However, according to Morrie we need our family the most (in between being a baby and an elderly). We need to balance that out. While it is very important that teens kind of go out on their own, they still need to have strong ties to their family.
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