Entry 3- Draft 2

If someone told you that your motherly instinct came from the way that your mother treated you would you believe them? That is exactly what Katie Sellers, who wrote the Journal "Adolescent Mothers’ relationships with their own mothers: Impact on parenting outcomes" says in her recent addition to her writings. She says that the effects will be shown through the amount of attention that we give our children all the way to the amount of nurturing that they are given. The author states that your nurturing techniques possibly date all the way back through our family tree and that everyone's mother effects the way they raise their own children.

With this blog I have to say that I disagree with it more than I agree. I do agree with the fact that we are slightly affected by the way that we are nurtured and that it has an impact of the way we nuture our offspring but I feel that the biological viewpoint of the family tree nurturing line is a little ridiculous. Sure maybe our mother has an affect on the way we handle our children but does our great great great grandmother's nurturing skills really affect us today, I would have to disagree with that. I understand that it may go back to our grandmothers or great grandmothers but convincing me that we are affected by our whole family tree does not make sense to me.

In my own life experiences I have seen the exact opposite through my extended families situation. I have seen my cousin who was raised by a mother who was the least bit of nurturing and she is the most nurturing mother to her children. I feel like everyone's situation is too different in order to make this argument true, also everyones family doesn't stay around their family members, some move away or just don't want to live with their families. Therefore, if they are not with their family members how can they be influenced in the way that they nurture their own children?

Also,I have read over one journal that was based on a study of how mothers play a certain role in a child's life but it also explains a lot about how a father impacts a childs life. Therefore I am not sure that it is a narrow enough topic to help answer my question because there is so much information dedicated to talking about the father I am not sure if it is a good idea to use as a possible source.
I believe that it is valuable information but I do not know that there is enough to concentrate only on the research that it covers about the mothers verses the amount it covers with the fathers.