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 video
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 life
Too 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 more
Likely 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 morality
Loyalty and compassion so you can trust them better
3 if your parents micromanage you you're more likely to develop depression
Ok, we talked about codependency
But depression is also a damaging side effect of authoritarian parenting
When 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 you
When 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 mother
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 behavior by offering rewards and
Punishment does not always result in the desired behavior. In fact children who were spanked may work harder to avoid being punished
7 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 worthlessness
8 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't
When 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 check out our video here?
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