The Family is Fundamental for Personality Formation

The family concepts and teachings are fundamental for a personality

formation. Human behavior is based the most on moral and ethical principles.

Even though it suffers external influences, a high percentage of the formed

character is acquired from the familiar doctrine. Human being deals with

changes during whole life, but it still preserves its origins. Family is one of

the main tools for the structure of personality. It must guarantee the provisions

to the children; so they, in adult age, can exert productive activities for the

society. Parents must educate them and they will have a compatible moral

and values with the culture where they live. It is proven scientifically that family

can interfere with the process of child's personality formation, giving chances

to her living in an environment where she feels she is loved, respected and

stimulated to develop her potential.

The child is born with part of her personality already formed, bringing

genetic inherited traces that will determine some physical and behavioral

aspects. She will keep the physical, but the behavioral characteristics are not

permanent. They can be changed in accordance with where the child lives

and the relations that she establishes.The parents have great participation in

the formation of the personality of the children, because they serve as example.

The form of speaking, gesturing, smiling, and acting, makes the child imitates

and establishes its form of being. In the same way, if she lives in an environment

of disharmony and fighting , it will also interfere on her formation.

On the short story "Beginning Dialogues", by Toi Derricote, it is clearly

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...s a little ambigual, because on her words she express her griefing.

It seems she doesn't want to assume she loved and still loves her mother. She

denies this feelings, maybe because she feels guilty, ashamed or revolted.

Parents or other person responsible for education, must determine,

clearly and objectively, certain limits and rules to be fulfilled. But they must act

with coherency, because personality is the result of certain formed and fixed

characteristics, that determine the way as the individual interacts with the

environment. The importance of the family and its structure goes through this

way. If well-defined it gives condition to children to have a good psychological

and social formation. Family has the components as norms, values and rules

that are the support that gives to the person a healthful identity.