There is a saying that goes, “The apple does not fall far from the tree." Children have always been judged based on the roots of their parents. It 's also like the saying, "like mother, like daughter." However, it is wrong to think that a child will be this way or that way just by judging them solely based off of their parents. There are many contributing factors that help develop children and that influences them to be who they are. One contributing factor that affects the lives or development of a child is religion. With religious parents, religious children are taught to be kind and a good person ever since birth. Such as Christians, their kids are taught the 10 commandments and they learn to never cheat, kill, and lie and to love one another. However, this is just as what any other children would …show more content…
Not just religious children, but all children will undergo something that will give them experience and learn to value things and have morals even at a young age. "Religion and values appear to be related" (Bulbulia). Its how important and with what impact that will leave the children with strong morals and values however. This is where religion plays its role in impacting them. From the littlest things to loving and looking up to their parents or an older sibling and to not wanting to use foul language or lie are all the little things that they learn from since a young age that makes them who they are. "If you look at three- to five-year-olds, when they do something naughty, they have an intuition that everyone knows they 've been naughty, regardless of whether they have seen or heard what they 've done" (Sample). With religion, children will start early in developing and process of what is right and wrong. They would learn to do the right thing at an early age and grow up all the while still learning to be a good