# "The Child Is Father To the Man" - How so, particularly, in your case?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-is-father-to-the-man-how-so-particularly-in-your-case/692530 "2014-07-07T12:14:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-is-father-to-the-man-how-so-particularly-in-your-case/692530/1 "2014-07-07T12:14:38Z")

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What specific elements of your childhood - how you were raised, your family structure, something that happened to you - have, for better or worse, had the most long-lasting, formative effect on your adult life, even long after the fact?