Turning Children into Psychopaths

An interesting study has recently come out showing the genetic and non-genetic factors that come together to create a teenager who is anti-social.

Anti-Social Personality Disorder has, in the recent past, been called Sociopathology, Psychopathology and it is a diagnosis which the afflicted must deal with for the rest of their life. There is no cure.

This study definitively showed that children (specifically boys) were much more likely to develop psychopathology when raised in a home with much negativity, and there was minimal affection or open displays of intimacy between family members.

Children who did not have a genetic predisposition for mental illness still developed into Sociopaths by the time they were between 15 to 18 years of age. Younger children were still acting out early warning signs of becoming sociopaths later in life.

So regardless of how your family chooses to express affection, it is vital that the parents get over their own fears of closeness and intimacy and begin to show regular affection toward their children. Just as important is that the habitual negativity in the home needs to be immediately stopped, and replaced with positive thoughts, behaviors and activities.

Having a warm loving home with positive encouragement for all the family members is essential to raising children who will feel empathy for others, who will be proud to be a member of his own family. Positivity creates positivity. And negativity creates negative and unhappy families.