2006-09-06 15:23:33 · 6 answers · asked by soulgirl76 4 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Michael Apted produces a documentary called 7 UP - where he goes back to his subjects every 7 years and marks the progress they have made emotionally, intellectually, physically and financially. He is currently up to 49 Up and much of the neuroses that were instilled in these people as children are still present.
I agree that we can shake the fears and neuroses that are instilled at a young age (and if we examine them closely, they usually are). However, it takes a strong person and a lot of work to do this. Many people do not.
2006-09-07 13:53:49 · update #1
Afraid not.
A lot can happen to a person between the ages of 7 and adulthood that can drastically alter how that person percieves and reacts to the world in spite of the character qualities which may have been instilled at a young age.
Contrary to some popular opinions, character is not whether a person is a 'good guy' in public or not, but rather who he is when he is alone.
Mr. Apted might have taken a child and trained him to behave in perscribed ways, but he could not 'teach' that child to be inherently 'manly' (whatever that meant to Mr. Apted).
2006-09-06 15:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by Puzzler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Let child be a child till he is 13.
2006-09-06 22:31:51 · answer #2 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily true people can and have changed direction from what they were taught while they were young
2006-09-06 22:30:47 · answer #3 · answered by bisquedog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let him be a kid, he can become a man when he turns 18.
2006-09-06 22:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by Linds 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. your life experiance is what makes you a man. it takes some time.
2006-09-06 22:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Ruprick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-09-06 22:28:58 · answer #6 · answered by ang 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋