Calling @alexander.alexis!!

What a post. 🌟 I am once again hungry for more, as is true whenever you write. Of course, this discussion has no end. You are clear about that. In so many aspects of this subject one has to take some position, but always with qualifiers. It's bigger than nature nurture. And we have so much to learn.

While I was reading I thought about my own children as infants and the quality of my parenting. And then I think...that ship has sailed. I did my best :))

I found this fascinating:

Genetic research revealed that babies carrying the minor mineralocorticoid receptor allele (which is involved in the regulation of stress) are more efficient (faster and better) at processing caregivers’ responses, and therefore, react to it accordingly.

You mention the way prenatal hormones may influence gender preference. I'm wondering about how epigenetic factors my influence expression of this stress regulator gene, so that, the stress of the parent may become a kind of generational legacy, even before a child is born.

Such a complicated subject. And you handle it in such a balanced way--enlightening us without lecturing.

Hardfork 21. Feels like a blockchain apocalypse. I've no understanding of this at all. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.

I'll see you in a couple of weeks, no doubt with another rich post.

With great affection and respect,🌞

Your New York friend,
AG