Personal Reflective Essay: Personal Development

Raising a child is not easy, can 't say it by experience because I am not a mother, but I have seen it and not a lot of parents tend to succeed. It is more than just feeding a baby and changing diapers. It determines the way a child will be as an adult meaning their skills, knowledge, and attitude and so on. Personal development is a way for an individual to set goals and improve his or her life. It typically requires a person to evaluate his or her past, which helps to determine where he or she wants to be in the future. Every person is different, depending on the way they were raised. The first step to develop a personal development essay is to perform an honest self-evaluation. Things such as priorities, strengths, weaknesses, values, and ethics should be explored by looking at the past. By interviewing my mother, I was able to determine and understand why I act and do certain things. I was able to understand why I can 't have stuff in my mouth for a long time. Some examples are …show more content…
They would always protect me saying “don’t do this, don’t do that” they wouldn’t let me show a lot of skin, go out with friends, talk to guys anything like that. Now I know why it was so difficult for me to communicate with people, especially in speech class. When I asked my mother about the age of dating I kind of felt bad because that is the main thing or you could call “issue” that I have up to this date. I honestly have a hard time talking to guys. I don 't know how to approach them, don 't get me wrong, I have guy friends, but when it comes to getting to know me and see if we could be more than friends I tend to push them away. Both of my parents are the reason why I can 't communicate in a proper way and last with a guy. She was able to communicate about marriage, but didn 't give me permission to talk to guys when I was growing up, how does she expect me to get married if I don 't know how to keep a