- Though it can sometimes be hard to accept, the current science does suggest that there is quite a huge role that nature plays on our temperament. Infants as young as three to four months show a particular type of temperament. - Some components of temperament include - sociability, emotionality, activity, attention span persistence and soothability. - Nurture does also play a huge role though and with the right fit you can achieve very effective results regardless of temperament. - I think the key takeaway for me is that you can't treat every child the same way. Things that work for one child may not work for another even if you approach it a certain way from infancy. --- "the environment and the baby have a dynamic bidirectional relationship from the very beginning, changing in response to each other. What’s more, this influence means that babies play a major role in their own development." - [Link](https://aeon.co/essays/how-infant-temperament-extends-its-reach-into-young-adulthood) "consistently find high heritability for most dimensions of temperament including sociability, emotionality, activity, attention span persistence and soothability, for example." - [Link](https://aeon.co/essays/how-infant-temperament-extends-its-reach-into-young-adulthood) "optimal child development rested on the ‘goodness of fit’ between the child’s innate capacities and characteristics, and the demands of the social environment, including parental expectations and practices" - [Link](https://aeon.co/essays/how-infant-temperament-extends-its-reach-into-young-adulthood)