people often say that a child's personality can be shaped. that they are easily influenced. that the first years of a human being are crucial. that we learn faster as children.

so i was thinking: would you say children are born with a specific type? is it possible that your environment has an influence on what type you end up as an adult? could children be born with a limited set of possible ego functions which would grow and form a individual's personality depending on their immediate environment shortly after birth?

what do you think?