Our personalities are a mix

Personality seems to change cumulative over our lifespan and likely happens in response to our life experiences. Therefore our personalities are a mix of stable and unstable.

• Parents and teachers should keep that in mind when they try to influence a child's personality.
• Even the elderly, whom we might expect to be more set in their ways, can change.
• Partners would be better served by learning to value what remains constant in someone's personality while embracing personality shifts as they happen.