How Environment and Upbringing Affects Us - WK 2

Have you ever looked at someone and thought, why do they act the way that they do? Have you looked at your own behavior and thought process and wondered WHY do you act the way that you do? The answers to these questions usually lie within two key life traits - where we were brought up, and how! Being a black woman who was born and raised in a diverse suburb, my upbringing is quite unusual compared to several members of my family, most of my friends and peers. For one thing, I was blessed to have both of my biological parents in my household, and I was born in wedlock… actually, my sister and I were desperately wanted children and our parents mapped out what seemed to be a perfect blueprint for their path to marriage and parenthood. They both worked, got married in the mid to late 20’s, had my sister and I in their 30’s when they were well into their marriage, careers and had a stable home to have children in, and were mature enough to be parents. They planned everything right down to t...