How Important is it to Evaluate the "Nature vs Nurture" Philosophy to Raise our Children?

Great Egret Nest with Her Young Babies in Charleston, SC

The more research that's done, the more scientists are proving we can inherit much more than hair and eye colors from our ancestors, including previously unexplainable behaviors.  It's been proven for example, certain DNA hidden in us can be activated by a mere smell that formerly caused a distant ancestor's same response or reaction. 

Scientists exposed parent-to-be mice to a particular smell, then shocked them so the mice associated that smell to a traumatic event, the shock. 

The mice were impregnated by non-shocked mice so the scientist could take the hypothesis even farther.  When their mice were born, she measured the amount of  the particular cells in their noses that detect the particular smell that traumatized their parent. Simply put, DNA instructs our cells. She observed the nose cells that detect that same smell had dramatically increased in the offspring.  

One scientist hypothesizes that the tiny traces of ancient DNA is transferred in sperm and eggs, directing cells to respond especially to behaviors initiated by traumatic events.

Is that the explanation for how a 3 year old toddler for example, can sit down at a keyboard and begin playing Mozart with no experience or teachings.  That will be exciting research.

I researched a compelling topic for Women's History Month to ponder a post here for March.  What happened was, the more I researched, the more amazed I became as well, at the impact the women in my family made on history and progress, integral to how my family has evolved and who we are today.

Combining the two, led me to discover a wealth of information and we had good times discovering traits, laughing, and sharing things among family that we were previously unaware even existed.