Will You Become Just Like Your Parents? ft.

You might LOOK like your parents, but what else do you inherit from them?
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So do you think YOU are turning into your parents? Are you working to break that cycle?
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[@lifenoggin]

Big thanks to illymation, queen of Toontown, for helping me with this video! 🧡 Go check out her channel: kzbin.info Watch our other video on strict parents: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn6Tppeph79nfKc

[@MallariorDumb]

Indeed the queen. Great vid, Life Nugget.

[@CaptainAstrowl]

Amazing collab and awareness, I didn’t think that so many factors play into children becoming their parents, thank you. 😮👍✨

[@mr.zablam]

Ok

[@harrisbhatti3432]

noggin boy

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Ok how come James the only one with a face?

[@illymation]

Thanks for having me on !! :D

[@mastershooter64]

You're welcome, no need to thank me.

[@theycallmetheswitcher703]

Yeah

[@angelaplays]

illy!

[@rolpon2871]

hi illy

[@RBToys_yt]

@@mastershooter64 lmao

[@alfokenny211]

Not sure why this wasn’t mentioned, but this “passing down” of trauma is meant to aid evolution. The rat example they used is a great illustration of this

[@randomcat7246]

It wasn’t mentioned… because it was really obvious lol?

[@alfokenny211]

@@randomcat7246 obvious is a subjective term. Life Noggin’s videos are for the layman

[@thanos879]

I wouldn't say "meant" to aid evolution. Unless of course the simulation theory is correct lol. Or if you're religious which I have no problem with.

[@tommyfroggyy_]

@@randomcat7246 i didn't notice it... look some people are very slow when it comes to things that are obvious for you.

[@steveanalexchandra9149]

I've been realizing all this time if we pretending not to be someone else that we afraid to become or avoiding for, suddenly we will accidentally become like them

[@sabercat5490]

That's a very scary thought.

[@steveanalexchandra9149]

@@sabercat5490 that what will be happening soon if you don't accept, forgive and move forward from the past

[@sabercat5490]

@@steveanalexchandra9149 That's easier said than done. Baggage and trauma are things you can't just forget and is harder to forgive and if it is you got over it easily not everyone can deal with it as easily or in the same way. People heal at different rates.

[@user-sk3nf2vv4p]

@@sabercat5490 yeah but still we must keep moving forward

[@markheavenrain249]

@@user-sk3nf2vv4p the thing we cant move is yo mom

[@antifasupport4840]

My father had anger issues and because of that, I grew up to be very timid. Now, as an adult, I'm dealing with my own anger issues. How I went from,, I can't even talk" to this mind-crushing anger, which gets me often into verbal fights, is beyond my understanding

[@Ugh718]

Its because:The more u try to escape from something/not become like that the more u become like that

[@qopiqq3629]

Maybe you bottled up alot of stuff which now gets out only sometimes but way to intense when it finnaly does. Hell, perhaps your old man does the same. Maybe the anger is only an effect of bottling up to much. If it really bothers you, look for professional help. Mental wellbeing has so many more effects on us then we'll ever realise. It shouldn't be such a stigma

[@faithg5250]

I thought he was going to explain why both me and my parents liked classic rock But in all seriousness, thank you for raising mental health awareness

[@MrAhmed42069]

Because it's good

[@JRacer524]

I love classic rock. My father got me hooked on it while I was growing up.

[@professorrosenstock5026]

This is something I've noticed. Most of my Bengali friends and classmates were chunky people. I hear that the descendents of the victims of the Bengali famine tend to have issues burning fat.

[@MuppetsSh0w]

It's all psychological

[@Aoxxet]

@@MuppetsSh0w nope.

[@ydid687]

@@Aoxxet no definitive proof either way just "studies loosely indicating one or the other"

[@indrimza]

Well that explains a lot (I'm bengali as well)

[@professorrosenstock5026]

I think my grandmother has her hands on me from beyond the grave. She was a single mother in Jamaica back when it was a colony. She denied herself shoes so my mom and her brothers could have shoes. When they grew up they'd send her as much shoes as they could but it was always "save it for a special occasion" with her. I wear things until they are rags then I wear them some more until I'm made to stop. I wear out my sneakers and don't those stuff out until it completely done. The thing is that I currently have 4 pairs of shoes and a ton of shirts. I've never experienced her level of poverty but I sometimes act like it.

[@sephkurai]

You do you boo

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I also do the "wear them until they turn to dust" type of thing. Also that's one strong and kind grandmother.

[@Valerie_Valor116]

I've begun to notice that I do a similar thing with my clothing, but it was more out of necessity in my early youth. My mom was a single parent for most of my childhood so looking back, I'm sure money was rather tight at times. As a result, I'd often continue to wear certain articles of clothing long after I'd outgrown them, to the point of being noticeably uncomfortable and leaving red, indented markings in my skin. It didn't help that my mother would do laundry fairly inconsistently before I knew how to do my own, so I'd sometimes have to re-wear the same pair of pants for 3 days as long as they smelled fine and had no significant stains. Even as I've gotten older, I'm still a bit hesitant to buy myself new clothes even when I know I need them. It's a difficult habit to break, but I aim to work on it going forward.

[@quazar3457]

Oh yes, I‘ve definitely inherited lots of behavioral characteristics from both my parents and even grandparents. A truely fascinating phenomenon. Could that be a relic of prehistoric survival mechanisms, I wonder?

[@andreyrumming6842]

I believe it is. If a creature fears something for some reason, and they survive long enough to make offspring, then whatever they feared kept them alive. So it makes sense for their offspring to fear the same thing

[@quazar3457]

Exactly what I thought

[@oj_originals4304]

I’m a bit worried I’m becoming my dad not that I have a problem with him he is fine but this anger is what I’m worried about getting

[@Ugh718]

Guys I think Quaza was being sarcastic XD. Edit:Quazar not Quaza sorry didn't see the r at the end XD

[@BrentNally]

I’m currently 37 years old chronologically with a toddler and an 8 month🤰🏻wife. I’m definitely turning into my parents to a certain extent but I perceive this as positive because I think my parents are awesome.

[@allmightyverse5913]

Man keep this channel alive at any cost!

[@Enter8909]

Many people could replace the current voice actor.

[@Amongusbooty]

Indeed

[@Endertub3]

@@Enter8909 but it wouldn't be the same blocko...

[@Enter8909]

@@Endertub3 No one can live forever. So do we. We will eventually get replaced by a friend, descendant or enemy.

[@Endertub3]

@@Enter8909 yeah, I guess that's just life

[@fatboi12007]

As a child of a vietnamese immigrant, I can confirm that lots of anxiety and mood changes started occuring after my 20s. I was much more happy in my younger years, but i've always attributed that to growing up :(. Great vid!!!

[@thanos879]

Same. African. I figured it was because of my own trauma that I couldn't remember or something. I had sleep paralysis out of nowhere for the first time when I was 27. And gradually worse anxiety. I'm going to mitigate the effects as much as possible though. I'm trying to lessen my anxiety and eat healthy and exercise and stay positive. Goodluck to you

[@fatboi12007]

@@thanos879 appreciate it my friend. Definitely making efforts to try and alleviate those feelings myself, just took some time to acknowledge it haha! I've always thought I was going to be impervious to these things

[@Shatterverse]

The answer is, too much. I had to go through years of therapy to purge the horrible traits I'd absorbed from my mother's toxic bullshit. Now I just kinda take after my dad in some ways, but not so much in others. I did inherit her severe depression - and her abuse inflicted upon me may have been different than the abuse she'd suffered growing up, but she sure did repeat the cycle.

[@nemorose]

dude, i feel you. i have the same situation. therapy helps me so much

[@aprillinz9]

Nope

[@memyself6095]

I spent most of my childhood being scared of my parents so I am not just trying but I am breaking this cycle with my kids. They need to be able to approach me not fear me

[@need4speed5353]

I've always been like a female version of my dad but I'm extremely different from my mom personality wise. But I got my mental disorders and phobia from her

[@tee630]

Omg... same

[@woshyyyyyyyyy]

damn never thought i would need blocko saying 'weee' but my life is so much better with it in my head now

[@razorblade6746]

I really miss those days when Blocko was a positive individual who is oblivious about our world and always amazed by it. A guy who was "yup anything is possible, it's the animation-verse anyways" and not like "sorry that's not possible". At least add a "have a pizza bagel though"

[@jamesesterline]

If I had a nickel for every time Life Noggin did a crossover with a storytime animator, I'd have 3 nickels! (If I'm not forgetting one other than this one, James, and Jaiden)

[@MuslimHampter]

ginger pale

[@deliavazquez9095]

Amd something else YT

[@alexcollins9706]

does Mr.Beast count?

[@EpicAbe]

Which isn’t a lot ,but it’s weird that it happened thrice

[@MrConfused.]

@@alexcollins9706 no wtf?

[@ydid687]

"inter-generational trauma" wait block, conversely is it then true that "what doesn't kill me can me stronger" and my potential children too? life experiences and stimuli affecting me down to my genes? nah doesn't seem likely

[@professorrosenstock5026]

What doesn't kill you, tries again.

[@mastershooter64]

@@professorrosenstock5026 What doesn't kill me, gets killed by me :)

[@afewofmycommentsarecringy.8646]

@@mastershooter64 kill or be killed moment

[@LokiScarletWasHere]

What doesn't kill you, is going to die!

[@ydid687]

@@professorrosenstock5026 i guess you are right, if what doesn't kill me makes me stronger then it also makes my "killer" stronger too in his/her/its next generation example: generations of antibiotics resistant bacteria

[@NathanielNow]

That was so cute, especially the ending. Illymation is adorable

[@KeepOnThinking]

"Science to Save the World" vs. "Science to Send You to Therapy"

[@gcdjshaneshow]

Neither options seem pleasant

[@galileodirectio]

Both?

[@NebulaMCwasTakenWasTaken]

“Those memories are triple encrypted with a cringe wall.” That about sums up Middle School Memories.

[@sarcasm-aplenty]

I think I'm too different from my parents to become anything like them but that was something hanging over my head when I was younger. People thought I was going to become evil like one of them. That's not too unusual of a phenomenon, people get like that with the kids of criminals too. Either way, it stressed me out and made me try to be as good of a person as I can be

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

My mom broke a cycle of very loud yelling at little mistakes because of my dad he would bring sense back into her she still yells every now and then but it’s definitely better

[@creamythecat8258]

How are you related to Nicholas Burgers?

[@creamythecat8258]

How are you related to Nicholas Burgers?

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

What do you mean???

[@joehickey8597]

If I am turning into my dad, I would be proud to.

[@RJSOW]

Awww. So sweet to see people that actually love their parents! I'm happy that you had good ones.

[@Friendship1nmillion]

*NOT ME* 😮‍💨 ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇸🇯

[@delune501]

becoming like my parents is one of the things that scare me the most, the fear of making another child suffer just like I did

[@sichiguillegan7405]

Some children are really their parent's carbon copy

[@JayJay-nv2fs]

First time my mom saw me drunk, says I'm turning into my father. The same man who had a drinking problem in his 20s. Honestly scared me enough to stop drinking.

[@Owlhibia]

Can we talk about how cute illy is in blocky world

[@ashleysings2734]

FRFR

[@SuperSlick1996]

Taking with my grandpa (dad's dad) at my mom's celebration of life this winter I had the epiphany of: "oh this cycle of anger anxiety and depression isn't just me it goes up the chain a ways".. then it clicked further hearing my dad say "don't be like me" he's not great at communicating it but I'm realizing now that my dad has been nurturing me to break this cycle for decades

[@lamola4414]

"At least I will be able to have a stable job" Life:"Ok,ok, watch this" *ungrows jobs*

[@KazimJafar]

It's not you. The economy sucks.

[@lamola4414]

@@KazimJafar ik

[@Froxyfan13]

I LOVED the singing at the end that made me so happy 😊

[@animeyahallo3887]

*saw the thumbnail* Me: it's gonna be an illymation collab won't it?

[@galileodirectio]

Welp that explains a lot. My parants are baby boomers who dont know what mental health is despite having more than a few problems they could be taking care of. This cartainly effected me in a very negetive way and probably will continue to do so. I can see my moms anxiety problem and dads anger issues show up and I am quite scared of what I might become but I am trying to fight it the best I can so I can be my own good person (and unlike them I will take care of my problems instead of ignoring them lol)

[@alberttran9111]

I am trying to remove my childhood trauma such as my punishment from school, getting kicked out from sports, etc.

[@afewofmycommentsarecringy.8646]

good!

[@halting_icing1]

My dad says that living with his dad was like hell so I guess that means he got ptsd from that. But I really was scared of him when I was little

[@taotaoliu2229]

I wasn’t expecting Illymations to be here!

[@ashleysings2734]

ME NEITHER IM FREAKING OUT

[@rigelbound6749]

And what if my parents are not suffering from a mental illness...? Usually inheriting your parents' trauma isn't exactly what people mean when they're saying they're becoming like their parents

[@DoblajeMLPLatino]

Like that South Park episode when Stan became addicted to Fremium, just like his father is addicted to alcohol and his grandfather is addicted to gambling.

[@_vasty3776]

"And certain illnesses" Me: looks at my parents Also me: Oh im bloody screwed.

[@432AlexH]

And this is why I may never have kids, lol. Why would I want to pass my own and my parent's horrible trauma down to my children?

[@MrT3a]

"I know more than I needed to." This. This describes my life way too accurately.

[@eduardogabrielmendezhuete7317]

3:06 Just like school

[@Zebrage]

3:24 JESSE, WE'RE IN A LIFE NOGGIN VIDEO!

[@mahaphoublue7644]

Interesting enough all of my family suffer ptsd during Khmer genocide and many of my cousins have a phobia on the war, suffering from death and fears of bloodshed, but for me I’m just born opposite to be the beast of anger rather have that phobia ptsd, and ohh boy whenever anyone talking about war and bloodshed I just love it more than anyone in family

[@charmsly9506]

I have very temper and attitude driven parents, ive started to adapt their agressive and hostile behavior overtime. For generations in my culture its normal for parents to act like that, so every parent turned somewhat similarly each generstion that came, so now im becoming more short tempered and rude because of how my parents raise me. Then they say "who taught you you to act like this, youtube?" No its you 😂This is only with my family, but im fine with everyone else

[@sagarpatel6841]

I would be really proud of I turn out like them. Their love , sacrifice and hard work for me and my sister is too much.

[@mikaclodgo5892]

Oh this is so nostalgic I haven't watched life noggin since I was like 7 and I just came across it from surfing youTube it's so crazy to see that it's still going

[@A_Person50]

I don't think I'm becoming my parents yet. but I hope I don't. my parents verbally abuse me, they used to beat me. even when we had the neighbor's kid over my mom would slap him if he didn't apologize after a timeout. my dad has a short temper and will get mad over the smallest things. my mom favorites my younger brother, and my dad favorites my sister. only their parents actually love me. their brothers and sisters too. and my rabbits. but my mom, dad, sister, and brother don't love me. my life sucks.

[@m00nvale.]

sorry I can’t help you with your VENT.

[@Skimzie]

Was hoping to hear more about physical traits too

[@heartofthefluft8541]

I love the bits of comedy with Illy 😂😂 yeah, Blocko, learning is fun...even if sometimes it hurts to learn so much... I am planning to break the cycle of my parents. They got married at a young age and without much planning, so much that even my father confessed to me that my older brother wasn't planned to be conceived at the right time. I think he also got tired of being a father, so much that he progressively stopped sharing his story and his time with us...and that hurts, but I am still grateful for everything he does for us. My mom is very dependent on him, but I also am working in getting my own income so I won't be a dependent household person like her. And I like to share time with friends and family, even in those times where it is a bit hard to do so due to the pandemic and the general anxiety I feel in this critical point of my life. I know I got this. Sometimes it is hard, but being able to laugh it off makes it more manageable. 😊✨

[@Kevin-The-Cube]

With my dad instead of his parents, it's his uncle. His parents died when my dad was still a little kid so he had to live with his uncle, who was very abusive and my dad at some point thought that slapping was normal. Which resulted to him being abusive

[@RevisitedPlant]

*flesh monster*

[@ellesandralady8596]

Parents are going leave an impact in their kids

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

Yes, definitely we becoming our parents, all the things we hate as kids we do it again to our children... and our children too will becoming us someday...

[@pegasus_1018]

I realized I scream at my younger sibling like my mom screams at me like the words, the movements, everything kinda scary to me-

[@CrabOnLand]

bros collabed with every single person

[@sarah12232]

both my parents have been through serious trauma... this also explains some stuff i felt for seemingly no logical reason

[@animeyahallo3887]

Patrick: I love this. Illy: You know If you know the reference cheers!

[@kam_dude0497]

Wow! Thanks for telling us about it! Nice vid btw

[@Wetbboi]

1:45 and 1:51 I know this isn’t about the video but THAT ANIMATION IS SO SMOOTH

[@MuppetsSh0w]

Since being a little kid i already knew i did not what to be anything like my parents. It created a lot of friction and conflict at home but at the age of 25 i can i became my own self and it was worth it

[@sephkurai]

Cool

[@pikachu591]

@@sephkurai lol

[@Rebeccadoesstuff3232]

" Yea...... but learning is fun wee" -blocko 2022

[@phychic.colors1649]

3:10 "yeah, but learning is fun wheeeee!" best quote in the video.

[@astratheboop]

Poor triangle bob didnt deserve to be treated like this in every video

[@malachitecookie5101]

this explains instinctive fears

[@orsaz924]

The "cringe wall triple encryption" joke was really good. Nice end card btw!

[@borntoyeet1320]

yay illy is here

[@handyes42]

FINALLY! THE GEEKY VIDEO!

[@kamo7293]

1:00 that would explain the double whammy I got. all my siblings have bad eyesight,it runs in both my parents families, but somehow I got both parents bad eyesight gene or something cause my eyesight is doubly worse than all of them

[@spvc4696]

4:05 You guys are so cute. You should have used the memory wipe pens from Men in Black.

[@Kartuuse806]

Im learning more from this channel than being in school

[@boarcroc79]

The little song in tye end was nice. I like the lesson too.

[@BasementDweller_]

Groovy crossover!

[@I_See_You.4]

This was a nice video Noggin Boy

[@cube5380]

I'm a lot dumber than my parents

[@PinkPenPlays]

Question: What if you were adopted but never knew the biological parents?

[@Lord_Asshat]

The fact I realised yesterday I may have ptsd from my childhood and that this video is showing up now.

[@upsetspaghettio]

I really hope I don’t become stupid enough to fall down 3ft trying to kill a wasp and break my legs.

[@andylabardy242]

Sounds like a nightmare come true, tbh. Either way, individuals should always strive to be da best versions of demselves; genetic hooplah be damned! Either way, good video Life Noggin! Ps, I don't expect any or everyone to agree wit dis opinion; y'all are free look at dis topic as U feel! Lol

[@afewofmycommentsarecringy.8646]

it would be nice if you didnt use too much slang or whatever it's called, so that we can actually read it first try.

[@chaotichyacinth]

Illy is Queen of Toontown, lol (great video btw)

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

My family has had a history of having mental disorders, like my uncle, who has autism, my mom doesn't know if she has anything, and there's me, with autism and ADHD. My mom's brother some time back had down syndrome too. And he also had something wrong with his heart. I'm not so sure about my grandparents or great grandparents, but it's probably likely they had something too.

[@amycaslol95]

I'm too much of an introvert to be like my parents since they work with a lot of people and I'm the most likely to sell anything even if it's useless

[@zackveer2361]

I love illy’s song at the end card

[@9ightdreamer]

Ive basically become my mom, physically and kinda mentality a bit but luckily she's a great person lol.

[@kendradupree1094]

sometimes you don't my parents are...conservative, me not so much the things your exposed to have a huge impact

[@deepakgolechha7438]

"illy is Queen of Toontown" well what now

[@misterdot6923]

so many collabs! ❤

[@Endertub3]

Can you do a video on Hells Itch and other effects of a bad sunburn? I currently am getting over it and I just want to know more about this painful thing, and to also bring awareness of what the really bad stuff would happen when you get a sunburn. If you don't mind that would be great

[@militarychica07]

So how would I or would I even, be able to curtail my current trauma onto my future children and grandchildren?

[@robertsummers3386]

A sure way to make sure someone's parents are in fact their parents, make them look like they're siblings

[@Spappl3]

circles are hard to find on this channel they do exist in that blocky world but pretty rare to find but her glasses are CIRCLES!

[@CMepTb4382]

I look a lot more like my grandpa and my mom, I love my mom a lot but I dont really like my dad because of his anger issues and I have those issues but its better and easier to control the older I got. I'm 18 now and it's way harder to make me mad, I do not wanna be like my father so I forced myself to try not to be but I still have some down sides.

[@YourLocalPunkAnarchist]

this confuses me a bit actually, my parents are literal polar opposites: my mom only likes slow quiet music and my dad only likes loud fast music, pretty much classical vs punk which is uh, not similar at all... i guess i do prefer punk, but ever since i was little i had a large fear of my mom's screaming and of her whenever she was holding a knife, not sure why, cause it never is that way when im around my dad, although my dad doesn't scream. My mom is definitely not afraid of knives or yelling, she just has a huge fear of spiders and anything she mistakes for spider, my dad on the other hand, i got no idea, i also have autism i guess, and i have been wondering lately if maybe my dad has autism like me, lack of facial expressions for one, also does stimming and a bit sensitive to sound which in my opinion is surprising about both of us because our favorite genre just so happens to be the loudest genre of music. On looks i got my dad's hair and my mom's eyes and on other parts, i suppose for the most part my dad, and i must have inherited my dad's healthiness somehow, cause my mom has a bunch of genetic disease and hundreds of allergies, yet somehow i have none of those. other than that i guess on the subject of generational trauma, perhaps depression, mistrust and anxiety which i apparently have severe anxiety according to my doctors. Other than that i think i somehow inherited my dad's friendliness and neutrality towards people he doesnt know and my mom's distrust in everyone around her, at least i didnt inherit my mom's attitude of: IM BETTER THAN EVERYONE AND I HATE EVERYONE AROUND ME SO I WILL TALK BEHIND THEIR BACKS FOR 6 HOURS OR MORE EACH DAY TO KEEP AWAY MY INSECURITIES ABOUT MYSELF! other than that i feel like my mom is manipulative and i dont think i inherited that at least, maybe my dad's willingness to help others in need which at times can make us both gullible unfortunately.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

I work hard to break this cycle

[@nidus7274]

time to do an existential crisis

[@DogLover1718]

True my dads epileptic and so am I we do have different seizures and doesn’t have seizures anymore but we both have medication

[@OfficialLiamPlays69]

Thank you Life Noggin and illymation for raising mental health awareness.

[@Notagity]

Wowow i wonder if my therapist can work with any of this considering the ties between my mother and my conditions

[@superdupercoopertime781]

Illy is queen of toon town