In what way has your upbringing affected you?

I'm conscious of other people. I try to have manners. I said please today, well, actually it was bitch please, but whatever lol
On a serious note, I have a great work ethic, and I am articulate and kind because of my upbringing.

Made me hardworking and compassionate. Taught me to appreciate beauty and to persevere in the face of obstacles.

My family were working class. I'll never identify as anything other.
Both my grandfathers were dead when I was born so I didn't have them as role models.

I'd have to say it affected me a lot, in both good and bad ways, but part of the way I react to it is because of what's hard wired into my personality.

I'm resilient, more patient, understand people better... But I also struggle with my self-esteem. The latter is probably the only negative effect that I can think of, but it's a big one.

In many ways. It wasn't a happy time.

Thought me to be mentally strong and taught me that I can overcome the worse life has to offer and that's it's possible to grow without love but still be able to love and be a good person even if brought up by uncaring and bad ppl

I was raised by narcissists so it was a pretty moral-less self-serving environment. I think this left me having to build a new world view which meant trying to figure out what values made sense to me. So I didn't really have the feelings of meaninglessness and angst that most teens go through. I had been forced to create a moral compass rather than inherit someone else's set of life rules, if that makes sense.

My parents were different from many in that both had careers at a time when a majority of women didn't work outside the home. Their marriage modeled a partnership of equals. They loved and supported each other and their dreams (still do) and they raised us (me, my two sisters and our brother) to be independent, work hard, strive. They made sure that we had the opportunity to meet all kinds of people (all were welcome in their home) and that we were exposed to different kinds of music, literature, foods. They insisted we finish school and tried to prepare us to move about comfortably in the world, as much as possible. I feel very fortunate.

The place of upbringing has affected me more than the upbringing itself .. Each of us are branded and classified by our nation and continent .. So much so that you are never regarded for your thinking otherwise ..

I gained a love of learning, books, knowledge.

totaly

Upbringing. Bring me up still. Not trusting

it made me icy,,, and a rebel...:)

Yes, its made me bitter and angry in a nutshell