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Personality-wise, is your child a miniature replica of you?
Filed under: Babies, Toddlers Preschoolers, Preschoolers, Development/Milestones: Babies
Wito is an angel in public - very reserved, very mellow and the recipient of many oohs and ahs around the neighborhood. Yet, the minute we get home and shut the door, he turns into a wild child. Running around yelling, on-the-floor tantrums, pulling at my pant leg, you name it. When it comes to the time spent around the home, he is as stubborn as a mule.
My pediatrician told me the little tantrums should be expected at 15 months, but I've been wondering, how much of his personality is a product of his genetic makeup? After conducting a little non-scientific research (calling my mother), I wasn't surprised to hear I was very similar as a child. In fact, my mother called me the "perfect little con-artist". (THANKS, MOM.) She told me I was the epitome of lovely behavior around guests, but the minute they walked out the door, I was running around knocking books off shelves.
Surprise, surprise.
What about you? Do you notice similar personality traits in your young ones?
My pediatrician told me the little tantrums should be expected at 15 months, but I've been wondering, how much of his personality is a product of his genetic makeup? After conducting a little non-scientific research (calling my mother), I wasn't surprised to hear I was very similar as a child. In fact, my mother called me the "perfect little con-artist". (THANKS, MOM.) She told me I was the epitome of lovely behavior around guests, but the minute they walked out the door, I was running around knocking books off shelves.
Surprise, surprise.
What about you? Do you notice similar personality traits in your young ones?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
11-20-2007 @ 12:09PM
Joy said...My oldest son is so much like me personality wise. I wrote in a post a while back that and said I didn't want a girl because I was so horrible and then I had a son and had me all over again anyway! Kind of funny. My youngest son is my husbands family all over again so it is strange how that happens. Whether it's genetics or enviroment, I have no idea but it really does happen.
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11-20-2007 @ 1:01PM
Melissa said...My parents think my son is just like me!
My older son is very dramatic. I had hoped for an even-keeled child, but, one day, I looked at my husband, and I looked at myself, and I thought, "Why did I ever think WE would produce a calm child?"
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11-20-2007 @ 2:36PM
Michelle said...My son is exactly like me. A terrible bad temper. My mom always said, "I hope you get a child just like you."
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11-20-2007 @ 3:31PM
Lisa said...Oh yes...There are many similar personality traits between P and me! He can be so stubborn and determined at times. And, yes, he is so different in public and in class vs at home. At Music Together he will sit and cuddle in my lap, put his arm around me, but at home...forget it! He will not sit still for one second! My husband is constantly saying that we act alike.
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