Quote Originally Posted by RESiNATE
There are two couples of the extreme opposite to the other; ie, couple A might be conservative, affluent, and of high social standing - whereas, couple B are violent, loud, and in poverty.
They each bourne a child, but the children are swopped between the two couples, and are brought up by them.
Neither couple knows of the others' existence, and have no idea that their child is not their kin.
Would you not agree, that the child raised by couple A, would most likely have a very different outlook on life to the child raised by B - even though, genetically speaking, it should not be so?
They might have a different outlook on life, certainly, but their potential remains somewhat the same. Whether they achieve it or not depends on many things, among others how their parents brought them up.

I know some people who were born to rich affluent parents, yet they amounted to absolutely nothing, squandering all their inheritance and becoming bums after their parents die.

I also know some people who were born to poor, yet hard-working people. They grew up with lots of ambition, in part because they don't want their own children to have it as hard as they did. They work, sometimes 2 jobs, just to be able to go to University, and when they managto get their degree, their life changes and they become the affluent parents of the first example.

Potential achieved, potential wasted, it depends on you. There's part of that decision that is explained by the personality and the upbringing of the person, then there's choice. Ultimately, no matter what the circumstances, the choice is ours.

Keep it going, I'm discovering stuff about myself just writing this down