Does anyone have a link with an explanation of biological potential? I searched on the internet and couldn't find even one. Does the concept exist (in writing) outside of this board?
"The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. " - Viktor Frankl.
Would "biological potentiality" be the same thing? I can find articles using that as a search term.
I did find a few articles using "biological potential" but were not very helpful, not used regarding a child, more about experiments with cells, etc.
What about "genetic potential"?
I thought this might be close to what we may be talking about - I know it's talking about experiences, but I think that it can be compared to the difference between receiving the biological norm and a processed man-made formula.
"This is so because of biological relativity. In brief, a biological system is influenced by any experience (a time-limited event) relative to the rate of change in that system. The power of time and experience, therefore, is increased in rapidly changing systems. For humans, the greatest rate of change is during development and, of all of the body's systems, the most dynamic, complex and rapidly changing is the brain. This remarkable organ is comprised of 100 billion neurons, each forming up to hundreds of synaptic connections with other neurons. Chains of neurons form complex functional networks that, ultimately, allow us to walk, talk and think — to create, laugh, love — to envy, hate, and even kill. The properties of the human brain allow us humanity. "
"Absent experiences of sufficient duration or quality, some of the genetic potential of the individual will be lost. An infant born in a hunter-gatherer clan 20,000 years ago had the genetic potential to read and write, to play piano, use a joy-stick and understand the double-helix of DNA. Instead, he learned to distinguish between two- and five-day-old antelope tracks, to throw a stick with incredible precision, to read the visual-spatial cues of terrain." http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/biological_relativity.htm
~*~ Catherine, mom to Jason, Michael & Joshua
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Chains of neurons form complex functional networks that, ultimately, allow us to walk, talk and think — to create, laugh, love — to envy, hate, and even kill. The properties of the human brain allow us humanity
If that's it, then I'd say ff'd can do that too. I might have to change my vote.
"The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. " - Viktor Frankl.
OK, what about this one? I know they are talking about a child not fed properly, but if we don't know what all the properties in BM are for, and there are only 30 ingredients in formula and 300 in BM, we may wonder if formula is deficient in some important nutrients that we have not yet discovered.
Role of Nutrition in the Actualization of the Potentialities of the Child: Implications and Challenges for Early Intervention Programs
It has been established that there are certain periods of vulnerability in the early development of the human organism during which the presence or lack of a developmental modifier causes a significant alteration in the course of normal development. During periods of rapid growth, the organism is particularly vulnerable to nutritional injury. In fact, there are strong evidences that that critical periods which ultimately determine the full expression of the human potentialities extend over a time continuum starting at conception and going well beyond the preschool years. The effects of inadequate nutrition on the growth and mental development depend to a large extent on the point in the continuum at which the deprivation occurs, the severity and duration of the deprivation and the nutrient of which the organism is deprived. Considering all the developmental influences that man experiences, those that occur during the very early years of life, have the most profound effect. This early period of susceptibility definitely includes the pre- and post-natal life because the human body and the brain are incompletely differentiated at the time of birth and they develop as the infant responds to environmental stimuli. During this period, the central nervous system is on a different time scale from the growth of the rest of the body as a whole. The brain grows most rapidly pre- and post-natally.
No matter what decision you make in your life, or your child's life - there will always be someone just waiting to tell you what a stupid idiot you are for doing so...
Do not assume you know what the silent majority is thinking.