The Growing Man

I definitely think the metaphor of the growing man is true. In class, we learned that when we are born we have the aptitude to do things, but its not until we are grown that we have been influenced by others in ways that help of develop who we are. Some of the stories from the Human Nature article were so hard to read because of the way those children were treated. They never developed into fully functioning humans because no one was ever around to influence them, guide them, and love them in order to become that way. I think there are also differences in what the final stage of the growing man is, based on your culture. In developing countries, there are not as many resources or media messages to influence how children grow up. Also we hear all the time about children in third world countries stricken into poverty and being orphans when their parents die of sicknesses that they don't have medicine for. Although we do have issues such as poverty and orphanage in America, it is not as much of an epidemic as it is in these other countries. But we also have a lot more media exposure that kids are exposed to growing up. Kids see messages on TV telling them its okay to do all these things that were once considered bad and telling them they have to look a certain way. These things can inhibit people from developing into the fully grown man.