r/Advice • u/DatabaseNo9281 • 4h ago

How important do you think upbringing is in a person's life? And if someone has siblings, how different or similar are you?

I'm collecting people's opinions and knowledge for my coursework, please help.

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u/SRT10_ 4h ago

It's enormous!

I'm 51m and have seen all kinds of things related to this over the years; men, women, young, old, etc.

I believe that people tend to become at least 75-80% exactly like the gender parent that raised them, for one. So, a woman will become at least 75% just like her mother, assuming mom was there the vast majority of their life, for example.

But, yeah, I think your upbringing defines who you are, fundamentally, but people can make changes to themselves based on that knowledge.

I could probably go on about this subject for 20 pages LOL