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Document Type
Cause and Effect Essay
Publication Date
1990
Excerpt
Have you ever wondered just who you are, or how you came to be who you are? Finding the answer to this question can be one of the most serious and rewarding activities of your life. Many factors influence who we are. Genetic inheritance decides our gender, size, coloring, and health. Healthy eating habits and exercise are important to our growth and help to maintain our well being. Social and home environments also influence us greatly--be that environment loving or hostile, rich or poor, rural or urban. A single parent family is raised differently than a traditional family. These factors are just a small sampling of the many variables that affect our personality and self-image. But one very important variable we seldom think about is birth order or family constellation.
Recommended Citation
Maher, Maureen, "First Born, Second Born (1990)" (1990). The Valpo Core Reader. 396.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/396