A person"s identity is developed .

             over many years from the time they become aware of their surroundings, to the time they .

             decide if they are going to college, and even as they grow old there identity will change .

             with them. As people"s dreams are dreamed and goals are accomplished their identities .

             will change with the individual. Their aspirations and values will change, causing their .

             identities to change with it. It may be a slight alteration or a major overhaul but there .

             identity will adjust to the person. .

             One of the factors of forming an identity will obviously be your family. One"s .

             family if invaluable to them. Your family may not be your biological parents or ever a .

             blood relative at all, but nobody in this world can live from birth without some one. But .

             no matter who it is, they will be the people who take care of you when you are sick or aid .

             you when you need help. These people will be there with you for a long time and yes they .

             will have a major impact on what you turn out to be it the future. A lot off people are .

             fortunate enough to live with a mother and a father, they may ever have some brothers and .

             sisters to play with as they grow up. But ever with the same family influences, brothers .

             and sisters still do not have the same identities Some may even say having a "traditional" .

             family would be bad for the development of an identity. For example, what kind identity .

             would a young girl develop if see repeatedly saw her father beat on her mother. She .

             would probably not feel the same as another girl whose father always showed love and .

             caring for her mother. What about a teenager who used drugs as often as he changed his .

             underwear. Would his younger brother, in looking up to him, feel the same as another boy .

             who grew up never seeing an illegal drug before. If family members have no regard for .

             keeping the other members of the family on the right path to being a good person, then .