How do you think people get their personalities ?   I think it ’ s mainly from the environment a person lives in .   Don ’ t you think people get their personalities from their parents ?   No , but parents control a lot of the environment that kids grow up in , so they certainly influence their kids ' personalities a lot .   So why do you think many kids have personalities that are so different from their parents .   Maybe when they become teenagers , they want to be completely different to their parents .   You might be right . I guess most parents want their kids to be like them , but kids today grow up in a different environment . You know , they know much more about the world from the internet , newspapers , and tv .   Do you think that teenagers get a lot of their bad behaviour from tv and movies ?   Maybe some of it . I think a lot of people blame TV and movies when the real problem is that the parents aren ’ t bringing their child up correctly .   Parents have a difficult job . They have to bring up their children and usually have to work too . 