Article Summary: The Bad Seed

doption Behavior Has society ever stopped to think that behavior is caused by the way a child’s parent act, what kind of environment they were born in and the way they were raised growing up? According to Sarah Mae Sincero, “the nature verses nurture debate is one of the oldest debates in the world” (Sincero). She says, that “nature is the coding of genes that make up features like eyes and hair color. Nurture is the way someone acts because of the genetic influences the child has” (Sincero). Sarah makes many good points in her article, but behavior in children is not necessarily because of the genetic influences. Bad behavior can be caused by the environment the child is surrounded by. Think about this, if a child lived in poverty, but later

When she does not get what she wants, she kills the people that do not give it to her. She was never taught that people cannot have everything they want in life. This behavior is because of the way she was raised. Rhoda’s parents were what seemed to be normal parents. The only problem being is that her father was gone for periods at a time for his job. This left Rhoda, at times, with only female supervision. Her mother was quite capable of raising Rhoda by herself, but every child needs both parents present to be taught to have respectable behavior. Rhoda was never taught right from wrong. She was a child that got almost everything she asked for but when she did not receive it, she would turn into a child with extremely bad behavior. If her father and mother would have corrected this behavioral issue earlier on maybe Rhoda would have ended up acting differently. Behavior issues have everything to do with the environment that a child grew up in. Genetic influences have nothing to do with a child’s behavior. Readers can take this into recognition here because of the way the parents act. Rhoda’s parents are loving and caring. It was the way that they taught and influenced Rhoda that made her who she is today