What in your opinion are the formative years of a person's life?
By babykay
@babykay (2131)
Ireland
April 30, 2007 4:34am CST
Have you heard the saying "show me the boy and I will show you the man"?
Almost all of us agree that the circumstances of an adult are the direct consequences of the life led by the same child, but what in your opinion are the most important years? I myself have no fixed opinion on this, except to say the earlier years are more important than later years.
In other words, its harder to change the outcome the later you intervene.
So I suppose I believe the years between 0 - 2 are more important than those between 10 - 12 for character, happiness and mental health.
What do you think MyLoteers?
1 response
@fredgame (1260)
• China
30 Apr 07
Well, from 0-2, the child does not know right from wrong and one can't actually make any impart on the child's knowledge. To my opinion and my human sypchology, ithink the good age of the child's years of making or inculcating good and courteous manners in the child is in the teens and that is the most difficult part of controlling the child as the he sees what he does to be right. He sees him/herself as approaching adulthood and he is should be on his own, and this is the time the parents should talk and advise him on his rights and others.(adolescence period). At this period you can teach the child to be good or bad to society. GOOD LUCK TO MOTHERS AND FATHERS. WE NEED TO HONOUR THEIR DAYS.
@babykay (2131)
• Ireland
6 May 07
I agree that children do not know right from wrong from years 0 - 2. But I dont think they learn this for a number of years! And even if they are not aware of right and wrong, they still are susceptible to all around them and the experiences they have are important years for the character development.
