“I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.” Mahatma Gandhi
No one is born evil, or good for that matter, just because their parents or ancestors were that way.
A baby is born pure, balanced, with no pre-disposition to do what others in his or her blood line have done before. It’s not what has happened in the past which determines how a child will grow, but what happens at present that matters most.
The first two years of a babies life are the most crucial. That is when the brain is beginning to develop. Shower the baby with love and attention, and the parts of the brain relating to love and emotions will begin to develop more.
Babies which are given plenty of love and attention within the first two years of life, are more likely to grow to become loving and caring individuals.
Babies that are not held, not shown love, and not given any attention during the first two years, never fully develop that part of the brain. They are more likely to grow up to become unfeeling, emotionless adults.
It’s the babies environment and upbringing which determines the type of character the baby will have as an adult. To try teaching love and morals when the child is a teenager, or grown adult is much too late. A parent has to begin showing a baby the traits they want the child to inherit while the brain is forming, within the first two years of life. The parent then has to keep re-enforcing these traits as the child grows. This duty of a parent never goes away. It doesn’t go away when the child is fully grown and moves out. A parent becomes free of this duty only upon death. If at all possible, it may not even end there.
Parents cannot be held blameless for the actions of their children, if they didn’t shower them with love and affection during the most crucial years of life. A parent can’t say they don’t know why their grown son or daughter are evil, if they never showed them any love when they were born, and as they grew.
To ignore a baby, to only give it the basic necessities for survival, ought to be a crime. Parenting is more than just bringing a baby into the world. The character of the baby is directly influenced by what the parents do or don’t do. An adult who is prone to evil wasn’t born that way. An adult prone to evil was ignored as a baby, never shown any love or affection.
What parents do or don’t do directly impacts which parts of the babies brain develop more. This is one of the reasons middle children are different than first or last born siblings. Depending on the household, either first born or last born children would get the greatest amount of love and affection during the crucial years. Those children usually grow up being the most balanced and with the best traits.
To raise a person of morals and good character, begin when the baby is born. Impart the traits you want the baby to inherit by doing them repeatedly and consistently. If you want the teenager to hug you, hug the baby. If you want the teenager to love you, love the baby. If you want the teenager to talk to you, talk to the baby. The teenager will be a reflection of you, the way you acted when the teenager was a baby.
Omar M. Kiam 
your articles are always awesome!
i love this.
My older, first born sister, was only one year old when my mother had me. Mom went on to have four more. So I strongly suspect I didn’t get the attention I needed and hence the bad outcome I ultimately was. So I 100% agree with your ideas. Fortunately I turned out alright in the end just by virtue of sheer grit and determination.
I’m glad you had the determination to make things work out for you. Unfortunately, you and I are in the minority.
I’ve kept this article bookmarked because I send it to new parents when I get the chance. Anyway just writing now to mention something you wrote about the hugs – I’m 60 years old now and can only recall having hugged my mother one time. Really reinforces what you wrote. Thank you for writing that article.