Nature and nurture
July 2, 2012It was a good, science-positive weekend here at the Crowther homestead.
Highlight #1 was hearing Phil verbalize a basic understanding of genetics for the first time. Apropos of nothing in particular, he proclaimed, “If a baby comes out of a mom who remembers well, the baby will remember well when it’s growed up.”
Highlight #2 began with him asking me, “Dad, what does ‘your highness’ mean?”
“It’s what you call a really important person, like a king or a queen or a prince or a princess.”
“Are you a really important person?”
“Not really.”
“But, Dad, you ARE important. You do experiments!”
True or not, I had to smile at that.
My Track Record 
Are you sure Phil is distinguishing genetic inheritance from maternal effects?
Archive this for reference when Phil is 15, not 5….