Positive Influence On A Person's Identity

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In this world today, many people have different identities that make them who they are as an individual of society based on the community they grew up in from childhood into adulthood. However, there are many influences around a community that can either be a positive influence or be a negative impact on some individuals. Today, we dive into the many ways that person’s identity can be affected. The purpose for this is to see the contrast between the person who was negatively affected by their community vs a person who is positively affected by their community thus letting expending their education as well as improve their skills towards a goal of helping others who goes through a negative impact in their own lives. After all, people are always looking for ways to improve their …show more content…

As a result of this, more and more people would be finding ways to make changes to their identities by separating themselves from the negative impacts of the community and just creating their own positive identity that can benefit not only themselves but inspires people in the long run.

The main concern would have to be areas that are heavily influenced by many social problems that are out and about such as drugs, crime and violence, homelessness and even prostitution. Moreover, in some cases, there have been people who became victims of these social problems either because they choose that life or maybe they were influenced by someone to get into that lifestyle that lead them down that path into which they know nothing but the negatives. However, the journey on an individual's identity begins at home with parents who are willing to steer their children in the right path and explain to them what’s right and what’s wrong. The reason for this is because children are very