Maggie's Farm

I was hastening to say the same as Mr. Sykes. We are not to include that the rest is environment.

This is national social work month, and today's speaker was giving the ritual speech about how import intervention is, because that's what we do. He listed ten types of trauma that can have a bad effect on life outsomes, including such things as divorce, physical and sexual abuse, etc. He stated that as few as three of them can work additively to devastate life outcomes in terms of shortened life, drug addiction, incarceration or similar bad happenings.

Well certainly, those aren't good for you. But genetic influences were not only not listed, it was clear from his speech that they weren't thought of. That the parent who physically abuses you or abandoned the family also gave you half your genetic material does not even process for such folks. Such are their assumptions, such is their training, such is what sustains them to go out and try another day.

Environment does have effect, as people respond to incentives and over time those might become habits. But that's about it.

Uh, "conclude." Sorry.