Persuasive Essay On Genetic Designer Children

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We, humans, are indecisive creatures, we don't know how to chose things sometimes. When in these situations what do we do? Some people may flip a coin, “heads!” someone will call out, do they know for certain it's going to land on heads? No, of course not, but it was a chance they were willing to take, just like people take chances to genetically design their children. I know you're thinking flipping a coin has nothing to do with genetically designed people, but it does. There are expenses, there are risks it won’t work, and there are chances society will change. The expenses of genetically designing children is a common issue. Most parents want their children to be smart so they can be successful but are they willing to pay the price? New …show more content…

It will affect emotions between parents and their children, and between children themselves. Hypothetically there is a couple, they understand all of the expenses and risks of genetically modifications and they have chosen to go through with “designing” their child. As Dr. Mairi Levitt said the traits that parents choose will not come into play if the child does not practice their chosen traits. These parents spent a fortune on traits they want their child to have and the child simply refuses to not practice them. Obviously, this will makes the parents angry and they say things to their child to make them feel like an outcast, lonely, and even depressed. This child goes to school with other children who are genetically designed who have carried out their desired traits, they are more attractive and successful. A child who is failing their parents, watches the other children please their parents, this will make he/she feel even worse about letting their parents down. The children who had successful modifications talk down on the child whose genetic modifications didn’t go as planned or even to children who didn’t have any genetic modifications at