Have we become comfortably numb

[Rehan Azim Hashmi]

Rehan,

I assume you mean the above post.

Perhaps.

But the bottom line is if a child grows up without any sense of love, guidance and positive reinforcing boundaries from nurturing parents or other family members and his only "friends" are street gang members who influence and impact his or her moral compass in a very negative, anti-social, violent manner, what type of personality traits would you realistically expect from this individual?

Absent constructive intervention by some responsible adult(s), it's very likely going to be a train wreck.

Gordon

I agree with you Gordon. However nature or genes play their part to. The hypothetical child you refer I argue may just resist or rebel against gang members if nature has not given the child a cruel personality streak. Good nature may cause the child to rebel or resist negative nurture to some extent before being finally overwhelmed.

I agree with you, a wreck this child may grow up to be.