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Have siblings? Rather than a matter of NATURE versus nurture, you and your brothers and sisters may have grown up in the same environment, but you can still have had vastly different outcomes. Why? Because your NURTURING was so different. Your primary caregiver’s treatment of you shapes you. Point blank, period. And, if your parent treated you differently than your brother or sister, then the evidence of that difference has likely shown up in just about every aspect of your life ever since. As Debbie Dibs shares the experience of growing up in a family that revolved around the magnificent wonder that was her brother–the little prince (no resentment detected whatsoever, haha–reflect on your own upbringing. Think about the environment you grew up in, what messages the actions your parents took sent you about yourself and influenced your sense of self-worth. Let’s think through nurture versus nurture…
Have siblings? Rather than a matter of NATURE versus nurture, you and your brothers and sisters may have grown up in the same environment, but you can still have had vastly different outcomes. Why? Because your NURTURING was so different. Your primary caregiver’s treatment of you shapes you. Point blank, period. And, if your parent treated you differently than your brother or sister, then the evidence of that difference has likely shown up in just about every aspect of your life ever since. As Debbie Dibs shares the experience of growing up in a family that revolved around the magnificent wonder that was her brother–the little prince (no resentment detected whatsoever, haha–reflect on your own upbringing. Think about the environment you grew up in, what messages the actions your parents took sent you about yourself and influenced your sense of self-worth. Let’s think through nurture versus nurture…
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