Viva Brighton Issue #58 December 2017

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT .......................................... Nature v nurture Professor Alison Pike “We shouldn’t take credit for all the good stuff, but we don’t need to take the blame for all the bad stuff either.” Parents ever anxious to do right by their children – and often feeling as though they have failed – may take some comfort from the advice of child development expert Professor Alison Pike. The University of Sussex psychologist and former science advisor for Channel 4’s The Secret Lives of Siblings points out that how our offspring turn out has just as much to do with their genes as their home life. While it has been long established that our looks, our intelligence and our susceptibility to certain diseases is determined by our DNA, it is likely that our personalities are also to a certain degree hardwired in the womb. As Alison explains: “I am convinced that some of the individual differences that we see for things like anti-social behaviour are genetically influenced. “For instance, we know that if a mum smacks or shouts at her child, the child is more likely to have behaviour problems. The typical interpretation is that that environmental or nurturing experience of parenting is what’s causing the increase in problem behaviour. “But if you have a child who is genetically prone to being smiley and easy to soothe, that will also elicit more positive parenting. “In addition, it seems to be the case that an easy child is less likely to experience depressive symptoms or problem behaviour, which again is down to their genetic propensities.” Teasing apart the nature v nurture debate has been the focus of Alison’s work for the past two decades. A child of a blended family herself (she was brought up with several half-siblings), she has long been fascinated by the interplay of biology and environment in shaping who we are. What has become evident, she says, is that both are equally important: “there are dramatic studies of twins adopted apart and yet they act so similar, almost the same as identical twins raised together,” she points out. “There is also evidence that adopted children have similar cognitive ability to their birth mothers, even if they are not in contact with them.” Further support for the nature argument becomes obvious when parents discover that, despite trying to be consistent with their children, what works with one child may not work with another. “It’s about being responsive to individual temperaments and understanding they have different needs.” But blaming genetics doesn’t entirely let us off the hook, says Alison: “As parents, we are the responsible adults. The thing that we have the most influence over is our relationship with our child. We can try to make that as positive as possible by taking the heat out of expectations around academic achievement and behaviour. It’s good to find things that you can do together and enjoy one another’s company.” Ultimately, she says it’s best for parents to remind themselves that their role, to echo the metaphor first suggested by American psychologist Alison Gopnik, is to be gardeners rather than carpenters. “Children are like seeds. You can help them to flourish, but they have come into the world with certain characteristics. You cannot turn a sunflower into an orchid.” Jacqui Bealing ....93....
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