Nurture vs. Nature
July 19, 2023
The age old argument continues. What’s most important: heredity or environment? A Forbes magazine article documented that the daughters of successful entrepreneurs. That may be partly true. Some are successful somehow because of their genes. Dylan Lauren’s Candy Bars have sales of over $24 million. Tamara Mellon’s shoe company, Jimmy Choo have sales of $240 million. Heredity might be important
Steve Jobs of Apple trumps most–and he’s adopted. Nurture influenced him. Having both biological and adopted children, the discussion is important. I see the influences of both nature and nurture in our four children.
According to Ephesians 1: 5 we become adopted children of God when we accept Jesus, his son, as our Savior. This means we have resources and opportunities our human families could not offer us.