Scientists believe that by studying behavior of 3 years old children, we can predict if that child can become criminal in the future. To what extent is crime a product of human nature? Is it possible to stop children from growing to be a criminal?

Some scientists are of the opinion that hereditary characteristics are responsible for the person’s temperament and

hence

future career. I disagree with

this

notion. I believe that genes do play a

role but

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role, but

the primary determinant is nurture – education and bringing up. It is definitely possible to mould a child into any direction by proper bringing-up. If we adopt the mindset that if parents are criminals so will the children be

then

we are limiting or even damaging the individual’s basic right to achieve his very best. Children can rise above the gene pool and rise to great heights. Even if a child is born to criminal

parents but

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parents, but

brought up away from that environment and provided quality education, he will not be a criminal. The debate on nature versus nurture has been raging for ages and no clear cut answer has come forward. A child prodigy can be born to ordinary parents and many intelligent parents can have ordinary children. A talented person can go unnoticed in the absence of right environment and upbringing and an ordinary person can reach great heights with proper training. So,

interplay

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the interplay

between

hereditary

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heredity

and environmental factors must be there. It has been seen that children born to intelligent parents

also are intelligent and

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are also intelligent and

successful. But it is

also

possible that

such

parents provide an environment which nurtures the development of their children. When we see some programmes

such

as ‘India’s Got Talent’ and ‘Little Champs’, we notice some extremely gifted children who are born with talent and

also

some who have achieved great heights with great perseverance and proper coaching. To put it in a nutshell, I pen

down saying

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down, saying

that both nature and nurture play a part in determining the character of a person. It can

also

be concluded that both are inextricably linked with each other. But nurture weighs over nature and it is definitely possible to prevent children from growing up to be criminals.