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Some scientists believe that studying the behavior of 3-year-old children can predict their criminality. To what extent do you think a crime is a product of human nature, or is it possible to stop children from growing up to be criminals?

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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 genes do play a 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
then
 so will the
children
 be, 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 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 the right environment and upbringing, and an ordinary person can reach great heights with proper training. So the interplay between hereditary and environmental factors must be there. It has been seen that
children
 born to intelligent
parents
also
 are intelligent and successful. But it is
also
 possible that
such
parents
 provide an environment
which
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 nurtures the development of their
children
. When we see some programmes
such
 as ‘India’s Got
Talent’
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 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 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.
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