A Family Affair

Yeah, I'm gonna have to say early experiences matter. I'd argue (as I hope you will expound upon next post) that lifestyle choices that shape your future circumstances are not the equivalent of the inherent personality configuration that shapes your future self. Looking forward to the next post.

I would say that early infant experiences surely matter in the contribution of making an individual who they will become or have become as an adult. The brain is very impressionable and developing at that stage and I believe that if an infant is in an emotionally/physically supportive environment then they will develop regularly. If the environment was not supportive in that way then the person will grow to have an emotional hanicap that will equal the degree of neglect. The individual will then in their older life be responsible for healing their issues . This may lead to a great insight, wisdom and personal growth and therefore paradoxically the neglect may have a positive effect on that individual once they are able to heal the damage. I also believe that Ones genetics (nature), experiences inflicted upon one that are beyond ons control and ones choices also all shape who we will or have become. I believe that when you are an infant up until a teenager and are still largely under your parents and authorities control you have little understanding or control over what is happening to you that is going to be shaping you into who you will become. As soon as one is able to make an adult choice and be fully responsible for themselves and therefore more or less guild their own life they have a much higher degree of control over what things they will expose themselves to and thus what things will shape them into the person that they will eventually become.