Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Safe Environment

People grow up in many different environments, some well-maintained while others are less fortunate. The environment in which a person is raised clearly sets the outlines as to how that individual grows up. Some other reasons that outlines a person are the person’s family, their home, their neighborhood, and community. I’ll be explaining all of these subjects and explaining how they shaped me as a person today. Growing up in a safe environment ensures a person to grow up with knowledge and comprehension of the world around them by taking away the dangers of, in blatant terms, survival. I was one of those lucky kids who had a cushy, spoon fed life growing up and that entitled me to learn and explore everything I possible could. I learned from my parents the …show more content…
I’ve lived at my house all my life and I don’t know any other home like it. Here I lived through many good and bad times. My parents would host little get-togethers from time to time, with friends and family, and we would also cook out and overall have a good time and enjoy ourselves to the fullest. My neighborhood shaped me by teaching me to stand up for myself when no one would. I played rough sports with the neighborhood kids and in that I learned not to be a crybaby and instead walk most of my injuries off. I learned early on that some kids could be so cruel in the way they spoke, but then I learned later that it was the way they grew up that influenced them to be like that. Us kids learn mostly everything from grown-ups and when a kid talks very vulgar it just reflects what they learned from their mentors. I wasn’t raised like that but I learned from other kids. My community has been one of flourishment and success. Laredo has seen a spike in growth in the last couple of years, with the addition of Altitude and the mini golf course, Laredo seems to be doing things right. Even though people say it’s boring and there’s nothing to do, they