11 science-backed ways your parents' behaviors shaped who you are today

Larry Busacca/Getty Business Insider analyzed research that has shown many ways our parents' behavior shapes our own habits. A mother's mental health has a significant effect on their child's behavioral and emotional problems, according to one study in the Journal of Marriage and Family. A 2015 study in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics found that people perform better in school if their parents set high expectations during childhood. Visit Business Insider's homepage fo...