Learning about abused feral children discovered in our generation made me understand how vital human interaction is in order for individuals to thrive. Although some may label themselves as introverts or choose to confine themselves in solitude, feral children are foreign to human affection and are left mentally, as well as physically, unfit to function in modern society. Unlike those of us who chose to distance ourselves from society, children who have been abandoned to be raised without human interaction develop differently and are denatured from human society.
Although most of us can agree that we enjoy getting attention whether it may be from preforming on stage, recognized academically, or simply complemented, these interactions influence the chemical balance in our brains that not only stimulate socialization, but help reach our fullest mental capacity. So perhaps we shouldn't condem those who thrive for attention to be pretentious because we all need human affection to mentally prosper.
This made me become more aware of how the debate between nature vs nurture may in fact be invalid, as both our environments, and the nurture process, allow us to achieve our fullest ability. Both nature and nurture work together to shape how we develop and to what extent we personally advance. Knowing that not all individuals are raised in a healthy environment, I was able to build upon the idea of sociological mindfulness; for not all individuals are given the opportunity to receive human affection and are not influenced and nurtured to the same extent.
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