Own upbringing

It's true that we take a great deal of our own upbringing on into our adult lives and our lives as parents, but it's true, too, that we can change some of the things that we would like to change.

我々が、成人期や親としての時期に自身の生い立ちの影響を受けるのは本当のことですが、変えたいことは変えられるという事もまた本当です。