We all become our parents, because that was the example that we had for all of our formative years. But what if our parents aren’t the people we want to become?

The good news is that you don’t have to become your parents. It takes a lot of work, and a long time, but you do have a choice.

If you acknowledge exactly what characteristics of your parents that you don’t want to repeat, and then identify in yourself where you see those characteristics, you can avoid doing what they did.

Just because you grew up with them doesn’t mean you have to become them. You have a choice, if you’re willing to do the work.