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[quote=Anonymous]Do you mean special needs? As a geneticist, I can tell you that a lot of conditions exist on a spectrum, from imperceptible to quirky to clinical (severe enough to warrant a diagnosis). Since a threshold has to be placed somewhere, people think you either have something or you don't, but the reality is much more nuanced. So anxiety, depression, emotional or sensory sensitivity, attention and management skills... they're all on a spectrum. Your oldest inherited a combination of genes from his parents that express themselves and shape his personality. Your other children inherited another set. That's why they're different. That's nature. And then there's nurture. Not my field, but obviously each child has a different parenting and life experience within the same family. [/quote]
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