How much family atmosphere influence a person's character?

Family as well as other places where a child goes shape her/his character. But of course family is the foremost, because before venturing out into the world, the child spends the precious few years in family. And she/he learns from family members' actions, not surmons. It must be borne in mind that if you are lying, no matter how many times you tell your child to always speak truth, she/he wont learn to. You have already taught her/him. And she/he learns in addition the hollowness, what it means and how it sounds.

A creeper takes the direction it is given, so are our children. If they are not tuned in they take their own. Some times taking self direction may end up in success and some times it is not.