Are children born naturally good, naturally bad, or just neutral?

First I should say that I do have three kids and they're all three different. I have one that's good. one that's neutral, and one who is mean. I can honestly say that kids react to the environment in which they live in. Whether they are newborns or teenagers they all have different reactions to different situations.

As a mother, and (once a teachers aide) I have watched enough children to make the assesment that most kids are born neutral. They just adapt to their habitate. There are children with disabilities that cause them to act out and they have no control of what they're doing so this excludes them.

As far as adapting I'll give you an example. My first child is very mild mannered and shy for the most part. when she was born I was a single mother and my home life was quiet and peaceful. I was happy and was able to give her my 100% attention. My second child is neutral. When he was born I was married and it seemed that he had to compete for attention. Not with my husband but his older sister. I just wasn't able to be in two places at once so sometimes he would have to wait. Though he finally figured out that if he was patient I'd be with him soon. My third child well for lack of a better word is mean. When he came into the world my marriage was rocky and my house was like a mad house. There was constantly noise and something going on. He soon figured out that the louder he was the more attention that was paid to him. If not by me then bubby and sissy would soon come around.

Though we do punish our kids for being bad. We go by the method of the punishment fits the crime. I think this has a lot to do with how children act. I hope I answered your question and this helps some what.