Genetic Technology

Families want their kids to be happy and healthy, but parents can be the source of unhappiness or unhealthiness of a child because of the genes they give them. Technological advances in genetics can give parents what they always wanted, a child who is perfect in every way. This possibility raises some serious concerns. Would parents use the technology to make children healthy? Or would they use it to create a better child than their neighbors? If the baby were not perfect, would it be regarded as a failure because of one or two imperfections? …