30 scientific ways your childhood affects your success as an adult

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Bill Gates had a defiant phase as a child, which may actually have done him some good.

From the biological side of things to how we're nurtured, a lot of what goes on in childhood influences how we turn out as adults.

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And while there isn't a set recipe for ensuring achievement and happiness in adulthood, psychology research has pointed to a handful of factors from childhood that can predict success.

Here's some of what we know about how your childhood influences your success as an adult: