Are you a by product of your parents?

[NextLineIsMine]

As much as id like to think im the culmination of my own experiences I wonder how much of my mindset I just adopted from my parents. After all I have their very same liberal ideology and my dads passioned sense of atheism and lust for science. I wonder if i'd still have the same opinions and beliefs if I grew up in some Christian gun toting country home in the bible belt....

[Chaotixxx]

Product of your environment moreso than your parents IMO.

[hreskofreight4]

everyone is a product of their parents.

[killerweed420]

As the old saying goes. The best part of me ran down my mommas leg.lol:)

[Metaphor]

idk my parents are hard working individuals with good careers and im struggling to stay in community college and trying to find a job. you decide

[matthiasj]

As much as id like to think im the culmination of my own experiences I wonder how much of my mindset I just adopted from my parents. After all I have their very same liberal ideology and my dads passioned sense of atheism and lust for science. I wonder if i'd still have the same opinions and beliefs if I grew up in some Christian gun toting country home in the bible belt....

I'm growing up in the bible belt and my parents are Christians but I'm way different from them, I don't believe in god and I smoke and they're very against it. My parents and I are on a very different page.

[TX Girl]

Ideology aside, the older I get the more ways I notice I'm just like my dad.

[WeedyBoyWonder]

I'm nothing like my real dad mentally, but I have probably adopted some of my step dad's morals which isn't a bad thing since he's a good guy (apart from sleeping with the next door neighbor which is why he isn't my "step dad" anymore, lol!).
Mm, I would say I'm a "buy product" people who was in my life at a younger age since I was a more observant kid.

[friendowl]

yes and no

[silkyblue]

a product of my parents yes! you betcha!

same lifestyle of my parents? hell naw!

you cant pick your family!

:jointsmile:

[Spoken Word]

Yep. and i'm lucky enough to know that they have a lot in common with their own parents.
of course, you are your own person and make your own decisions but I have to admit I see myself in them(vise versa) sometimes.