FAMILY

FAMILY

     FAMILY

Do you ever wonder about how you turned out the way you are or why some adults are more uptight than others while others are fun and delightful as cliche as it sounds it all comes back to your childhood depending on the households we grew up in some of us may cringe at the thought while others may look starry-eyed as they grow nostalgic before we begin with this  We want to remind you that it's never too late to change your future even if certain past events put you in a stronger likelihood of outcomes here are eight ways your childhood affects your lifestyle one if your parents were highly strict you may grow up to be codependent Did you have an overbearing mother who picked out every outfit for you or an inflexible father who made you practice more sports instead of hanging out with your friends? Even if they mean well or believe that they're doing what's best for you, helicopter Parenting has harmful side effects a big one being that you're more likely to grow up Codependent as an adult you might rely on your partner to take care of the chores or have trouble adapting to work lifeToo if your parents have a broken marriage it changes your romantic demands it's like Pam said from the office when you're a kid, you assume your parents are soul mates, but Unfortunately, this isn't always the case divorce rates are skyrocketing in America now up to 40 to 50 percent of married couples moreLikely to end up in a divorce if your parents separated Especially if the event happened during your early childhood studies show that you're prone to having higher demands when it comes to romantic Relationships you may expect your partner to show a higher degree of moralityLoyalty and compassion so you can trust them better3 if your parents micromanage you you're more likely to develop depression Ok, we talked about codependencyBut depression is also a damaging side effect of authoritarian parentingWhen you grow up with parents who do all the decision-making for you?It makes you assume that you're not competent enough to problem-solve on your own instead of listening to you and nurturing you to learn from your mistakes they often force decisions onto you even ones that make you unhappy this can lead to feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem which you into adulthood.manifesting into depression or if your parents watch TV with youWhen you were a toddler instead of reading to you it can suppress your communication skills We always see those commercials of mothers reading to their babies but this advertisement actually has value it turns out that if your parents expose you to more television as a toddler instead of flipping through books this can hinder your communication skills studies have shown that when a mother and child watch TV together The mother makes viewer comments to the child whereas if she reads to her child, it promotes the child to ask questions and a higher response rate from the other five if you copied your parents a lot. You're more likely to be open to other cultures did you often imitate your parents growing up? Even if the actions didn't always make sense? You knew that they had some sort of purpose researchers had an adult show a child how to open a box with sticks even though it's more practical to use their fingers when children imitate the behaviors of their parents they're more likely to adapt to cultural norms that's because cultural beliefs and customs may not always be seeing as Practical and can even be outdated but when the individual is open to learning them they also have the ability to be more culturally aware six if you were spanked as a child, you may become sneakier as an adult in some countries it is now illegal to spank your child because it's seen as physical abuse depending on the severity of spanking It has harmful side effects ranging from academic problems to health ones such as dying at a younger age of cancer heart diseases and respiratory diseases but did you know that you're also more prone to being a sneaky adult author Daniel pink states that trying to influence a child's behaviour by offering rewards and punishment does not always result in the desired behaviour. In fact, children who were spanked may work harder to avoid being punished7 if your parents have a drug or alcohol addiction you're susceptible to perfectionism Do you know someone who is serious has a good work ethic and is a bit of a perfectionist? Chances are they might have grown up being a parent to their own parents? When a child has parents who are alcoholics or drug addicts, they never had the opportunities to let loose in how fun instead they had to grow up faster than the other children and take care of household responsibilities on the other hand some children may adopt the habits of their parents which can manifest into depression anxiety and feelings of worthlessness8 if you have a close relationship with your father, you're more likely to enter healthier relationships we've all probably heard of the term daddy issues when someone grew up without a father around unfortunately research only continues to show it's true one study examined the quality of father-child relationships among three groups orphans children of divorced parents and children and stable families results showed that the children whether they were male or female with a close relationship with their father was more common than those who didn'tWhen we are able to love our parents and learn to be patient with them We are more likely to do the same for our romantic partners which of these points do you relate to? Did you know that your childhood can also affect your lifestyle?

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