Do you think that alot of children learn from their parents

fortunately every one has the free will to make their choices regarding destructive behaviors. unfortunately more often than not they "become their parents."

right, kids are fast in absorb anything surround them from 0-5 years. and that moment usually have most spent with their parents. this is a crucial time to build their values about simple life. then when they grow, they will learn from surround them

I think kids pick up things from their parents, not all things. My parents never did anything bad in front of us. All of us ended up smoking, my brothers drank as well. My mom did have whiskey in the house and it was only used to make something called a hot tade. God forbid if we were ever caught smoking, drinking or doing anything wrong. We lived in a very small town, so if we did do something. My parents would have found out before we got home. I think kids will end up making their own judgement on what's right or wrong. Even if the parents didn't do it, and if the parents preached to them day in and day out.

I think every child learns from their parents, I think that's pretty much common. They look at us and I've noticed with mine how they tend to copy, pick up interests that I have and my sons very much me and my daughter is a lot like my wife. I think the children who are idol probably get it from parents who have lacked a working attitude, I certainly wouldn't say every case but I would say it's more common then not.

yes, most children learn from their parents... especially the way they take on life... but when i say most, it's not all... because even bad parents sometimes end up with good children and vice versa...

yes they learn from parents. but not the habits, they learn the attitude, life style and some thing like that. some times genes of parents also teaches them the nature and behavior for them. it was observed by a lot of scientists and professors and spread out.

Definitely!! children do learn alot from their parents, if not friends.. OTher than that, whom can they be learning from right?? LIke most parents will be telling their children, dun play with which kid, for he/she is bad etc, and so kids will listen to parents, since parents are supposedly to be always right?? haha =D BUt when parents starts to lie about some things, kids will do confused.. And when they follow suit, they are being scolded for lying.. haha =D As such, it's not easy to be a child, espeically one whom learn from parents.. haha

i also believe that parents are great influence to the children what they are becoming when they grow up. just like a parent doctor who also have a doctor son or a lawyer parent who have a lawyer daughter too. but even if there are more situations of this, i still believe that every person has their own thinking and goals in life.

My daughter (age 46) told me recently that she learned much more from watching me than from what I was actually attempting to teach her. She said that it wasn't that I was a bad teacher, but it was because she was hard headed. She didn't want to learn what I wanted to teach, but she learned a lot from how I did things, what I said, and how I reacted to things.

there are scientific explanations about anything and everything. i believe you are expecting an unscientific answer but having a degree in psychology made me believe that it's most oftentimes the scientific explanations that make sense. offsprings inherited their parents' genetic make-up. this includes color of skin, height, weight...you know...almost any obvious physical make up and the not so obvious (because they're inside) like sensitivity of one's lungs, stomach and even the appearance of neurons of the brain. the neurons' colors, numbers and even the brain's groves are also inherited by an offspring. these neurons' characteristics affect how the brain processes information which includes what it perceives as stressful or problematic and how it reacts to it or even find contentment in the way you find out how to react to it. your daughter may not have had inherited your smoking but it's either she got her reaction to stress from her father or she finds release of stress still, through the mouth like eating or being noisy or vocal.

I know parents that do not have the best language in the world and then are mordifide when their children at age 3 learn cuss words..... Where did they learn it? we as parents are the ones that form and mold our children..... They learn by doing and even worst for some what they see is what they do and say

Hi friend A childs's mind is like wet clay, in the immediate surrounding he/she sees the parents, so try to follow them , without knowing what is good or bad, smoking most learn by seeing the parents, try it with the discarded ones.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor

yup! i agree with you.most children will behave just like their parents.it's happen right in front of my eyes.for example my niece and my nephew.they are just act like their parents.good and bad behaviors.if they gonna start to behave badly then the other family members will start to give an advice and talk to them not to do so.most of them doesn't mean every child as some of them know that it is not good to act and do the bad thing like their parents did.:)

Of course, children are learning from their parents and not just from them also from any person from house, Especially when children are not much older than there are much chances to get learned by their parents. Its not good if any person from house have bad habits that can change a child's mind and so no matter good or bad habits children get from parents but they can learn it too quickly.

i guess it depends..but for me..it seems that it does even though i didn't really planned on it..for example..my dad is an ofw and my mom is an executive secretary..then i just realized that i'm an ofw in dubai and i'm working as a secretary..it's good that my parents doesn't have vices like smoking..maybe that's why i don't smoke..

Yes, in a sense they can be like their parents. I know that my husband always tells me that my daughter is feisty just like I am. He says that is where she gets her submissive attitude from, which is me. I think that this is true. I know that my cousin smokes and his dad also smokes too. A child can be like their parents in some cases and then in other cases they are not. Both my mom and dad used to drink heavily, but me and my sister don't. So, I think that children can possess their parents personalities in certain instances.

Sometimes I think its very rare that children don't take after their parents, after all they are a product of their environment, the things they see their parents do and say at home, they think is the normal thing to do because thats all they see. I think there are some children like yours, that are an exception, and don't follow in their parents footsteps. Lets hope thats the case for most children.

This is very true! I am starting to see a few of my bad habits reflected on my son. And it is very annoying. I sometimes feel lazy, and procratinate, and don't care about a few things. I hate it and sometimes go hard on myself about these things. And the sad thing is that I see my son being the same way. So I alse end up being hard on him. Just a viscious cycle...

children learn from everything they see, not just their parents. their minds are open to learn whatever they can and so it is easier for them to learn anything in that stage. that is why there is the old african proverb "it takes a village to raise a child", because this sums up the learning of a child. so it is important to set a child in a true and honest ambiance. where they can still be a child, but at the same time not to crowd them and so called "secure" them so that they dont know how to think on their own. many children are weak and scared and thus easily manipulated because they never get to use their own thinking pattern, but base their thoughts on others. that is a a great trap for anyone. if a person grows up only knowing how to seek the approval of others, without thinking for themselves, then they will be carried into all kinds of troubles...as is the case with many kids and youths today

parents are the best and the first teachers of a child ,,so watever the parents do,the children will imitate........