Reply to Emma Watabiki Post

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Emma has mentioned a website brought to her attention by Nicola claiming that there are certain genes that can affect people and the way that they behave. I agree with this as there are things such as ADHD which is a behavioural problem which needs medication to suppress the fits and to calm the person down. However, I think it is a slight cop out that a gene is what is the cause of anti social behaviour because you can definitely tell that the upbringing of a child and the way that there parents interact with them has an impact. If someone grows up seeing their parents smoking, doing drugs, drinking alcohol and stealing perhaps to feed their habits, it is more likely for the child to grow up and repeat the same life style and path. I think it is very hard though to pin point what is the cause of ALL anti-social behaviour because in some cases, children have had the best upbringing that they could possibly have with a private education, money, friends and something triggers in their life to make them go off the rails.