-=> Quoting Jerry Schwartz to Regina Finan <=-
 JS> [Jan 10, 97 - 12:51] Regina Finan of 1:2410/534 wrote to Jerry
 JS> Schwartz: 
 JS>> I don't think low self-esteem is a medical condition, but rather a
 JS>> consequence of something else which could be either medical or
 JS>> environmental.  For that matter, I am convinced that personality is to
 JS>> some degree inborn rather than learned. 
 
 RF>  If it is inborn and not learned, than there would have to be some 
genetic
 RF>  relationship or tendency for it associated with either a learning 
 RF> disability
 RF>  or other disorders such as ADD/ADHD or mental disposition.
 JS> Well, I said "to some degree."  I don't know that basic personality is
 JS> related to AD(H)D: based upon the descriptions of kids posted here
 JS> they range from cold to loving, happy-go-lucky to morbid, compliant to
 JS> oppositional. 
 JS> Jerry Schwartz
 Well I really don't know either.  It was an interesting question for me
 and I wondered if people ever thought about it.  I do know that many
 children will act like one parent or another or at least personalities
 are similiar.  I also know that it is an environmental reason for it.  But
 it seems to me that low self-esteem is very prevalent in certain families
 and also that some people have a tendency towards it more than others.
 This is why I brought up genetics.  It still has me wondering if the 
endency
 for it is partially due to genetics (like maybe a disorder in itself).
 Thanks for your opinion though.
 Regina
... "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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