[jambutty]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Absolutely spot on panther, there's a reason for the saying like Father, like Son. You spend the first and most important years of your life with your parents, and no matter what people say you do learn from them, you can bet your bottom dollar that if the fathers a pratt the son will be too.

Whilst it is perfectly true that kids learn from their parents during the first few years, their behaviour is modified by association with their peers at school, out and about and what they see on telly.

The “like father, like son” saying is just that – a saying with little merit today.