And Baby Makes Three
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Post by And Baby Makes Three on Apr 13, 2011 22:14:59 GMT -5
1. Does biology or psychology play a larger role in creating the bond between parent and child? 2. Charo provided an example of a case from 1991 in which the biological father of a child was not given constitutional rights to establish paternity of his own child including seeking any form of legal recognition of a relationship to that child because the mother of the child was married to another man. How would you respond to this situation? 3. Do you think it is more important to place priority on maintaining society’s standards of a typical family even if one or both parents is not biologically related to their child, or to allow families that are biologically related to have the opportunity to maintain a more distant but nontraditional relationship?
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Post by ltusar on Apr 17, 2011 20:27:02 GMT -5
1) I believe psychology plays a larger role in creating a bond between parent and child. his question reminds of the nature vs. nurture debate, and even though both biology and psychology play a role in forming a bond, I think psychology plays a larger role in forming a bond. It is possible for kids and their biological parents to have a horrible relationship. I have heard of many situations of kids hating their parents, despite the fact that they are blood related. If a parent is a reliable caregiver by providing protection and love, the child from a young age will naturally form a bond with his/her parent. If the parent communicates with his/her baby and gives the baby attention, the baby will respond to this by showing interest as well. When a child is old enough to think for himself and communicate, he will find comfort in his reliable parent, a bond having been made from an early start. Without the strong foundation of trust and love a parent builds with his child when he is a baby, there would not be as strong of a bond when the baby matures. A baby and parent are coexisting (usually) because of biology, but psychology is what truly brings about a strong bond. Even if a child is adopted, there can still be a strong relationship between a child and a parent if the parent provides a trustworthy and nurturing environment for the child. People can still feel close to someone if they are blood related, but getting to actually know and trust a person factors more into building solid relationship.
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