title: Parenting in an era of genetics.
abstract: Most parents want to improve the lot of their children. Providing a safe environment, a healthful diet, a good education, exposure to diverse experiences are some of the more conventional means of enhancing the health and opportunities of children. Increasingly, parents or would-be parents are being offered genetic means for enhancing their children's lives. To whichever means parents turn, the road to enhancement is paved with some deadly and not-so-deadly sins that all parents and social stewards ought to learn to avoid. They are calculativeness, overbearingness, shortsightedness, hasty judgment, and pessimism.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGee
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002755:Choice Behavior; D026822:Ethicists; D004989:Ethics; D005053:Eugenics; D033141:Genetic Determinism; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D024861:Genetic Enhancement; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D024382:Professional Role; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D035501:Uncertainty