Prepare for all the qualified geneticists and behavioural psychologists to chime in.

 

 

Wait, wut? 

Ah! That old chestnut!

Well lets roast it, and chew on it...........

Chestnuts are definitely natural.  Don't seem to need a lot of nurture.

Chestnuts need roasting....what about kids tho?

Children playing the game of conkers

Roald Dahl was a big conker fan. He tells us in his book, 'Roald Dahl, My Year' that, '...a great conker is one that has been stored in a dry place for at least a year. This matures it and makes it rock hard and therefore formidable.'

 

Pretty sure that's still illegal - though I guess with a bit of lobbying from Concerned of Clitheroe we might get a rethink.

Excellent use of the formidable conker.....long live conkers and bruised knuckles.....

Well I remember being at the stage that Karma is at in her quest for a degree. In those days of long ago the limits of everyday thinking suggested that it was down to nature. We were encouraged however to believe that each child needed at least one adult to shower them in love. Thus if this is about the child killers one would wonder what had happened in their own childhood to make them so angry. I realise that in today's form of reasoning that such a theory isn't particularly fashionable. Chestnuts? It looks like being a good year for them, as well as cherries n plums.

Is there a reason why the children are not wearing safety goggles and gauntlets?

nature

...you know what I mean tho Clitheroe Kid!

Quote from Joe......if this is about the child killers one would wonder what had happened in their own childhood to make them so angry.

seriously,they are just having fun.No need for Health and Safety regs  

understand  the conkers joke, but I was trying to be serious....

The photo has just activated on m'phone. I find it quite unsettling.

Mario, or the conkers? 

oops,sorry.

Regarding nature or nurture. I watched a programme about identical twins ,both genetically identical but raised by different  parents in different environments. Both turned out to have similar careers,musical taste ,there goals and ambitions similar,they both enjoyed the same recreational activities, they both made similar life choices..They were raised differently  ,but they turned out similar.. 

Blizz, for gawd sake don't encourage them.....they are sanctimoniously (sp) holding onto their conkers......But I am a knitted chestnut seller 

I would say nurture.Undoubtdely IMO.

Sorry, chestnut woman!

 

I believe it is a mixture of both.

 

Environment, and experiences in said environment, have an effect on how the brain becomes wired throughout your life, but more especially during early development.

 

Your genes are important in making you who you are, but your brain is more important, IMO. 

A bit of both...for example...you tell your kid to stay away from stingers coz they hurt, said kid becomes fixated with them and you're run ragged on lovely country walks trying to keep him them   away from said stingers...he they   then see it as a joke...in the end you gotta say...do you know what if you're so fascinated by them, go put your hand on one then and see that mum was right.  They do, you're proved right...all is well with the world

 

Is that the question you were asking?

 Temps!

 

Nurture is letting them experience the cruelty of Nature for themselves, sort of thing? 

 

In a few years, you can teach him that the ones with white flowers on don't sting, but you can pull the flowers off and chase other kids with them. 

Well isn't that what I  erm...some one   would be doing by letting the kid sting themselves?  You could try and protect them by telling them not to do something...or you could let them just waltz ahead and do it and sit back and said I told you so  give them big cuddles to help them get over it

I was gonna put 'that's a hard one' but then sat & thought about a few screwed up families & people & situations I have come across. And I would definitely have to say NATURE. The old saying comes to mind with that, 'you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink'. You can teach a child the right way in society all you like but their instinct will always be telling them something different - their own way.

Ah-ha, an old psychology debate, and it is a tricky one and very debateable!   Certainly a bit of both, but I do believe that what the parents were ie; musicians or doctors or whatever, will have an effect on what their offsspring are.  (so 'nature' prevails there) seems to overtake nurture somewhat.  But nurture is crucial too.

Interesting article:

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/Sec...articleId-36981.html