Behaviour is that trait that's found in human beings, which some may be inherited, and some learned. That's my version of behaviour, although I don't know how the dictionary defined it.
We have so many people around the world with different characters. Some of which are good, while some are bad.
Most behaviors that are inherited are the way the child acts. When a father has a habit of winking his eyes, and his son, after birth, is also winking his eyes. We say that's a behavior that has been inherited.
Behaviour can be learned either in the outside world or at home. Growing up as a child, the first point of contact is your home and your parents. There are so many kinds of behaviors you may be observing in your parents, which may, in one way or another other influence your personality.
I have seen a family that fights every day. There is no day that the man will not beat the woman, but then they do not separate. They had three kids: two boys, one girl. Those children have not grown up to a marriageable age. The first son got married, and he'd treated his wife with care. This means that his father's behaviour does not influence him. Maybe he has his special character that is quite different from his father's.
For this reason, I concluded that it's not all behaviour that can infest our lives. Some definitely cannot be the path for us just because of human methods of thinking. The way we think is different from each other. We think in a way that can either inspire people negatively or positively. We influence people with our behaviour.
As parents, we should just try our best to inculcate good behavior most, especially in the presence of our children. The reason, our children are very fast to catch whatever we do. That behaviour displayed is what they would take to their adult age.
As we moved from one place to another, we met people, and we impacted some kinds of behaviors in them as well as them impacted some nature in us. Irrespective of the nature, we just know how to relate to people and how to manage their personalities. We also know how to differentiate between good characters and bad ones.
Children are quick to adapt to any behavior that comes their way. We were ones living in a surrounding that, I feel, can harm the behaviour of my kids. People in that area, and most especially in the compound, do not live a normal life. The boys spent the whole of their time under the tree, smoking and drinking. This would have been one way or the other to influence my children negatively, but I just thank my stars for leaving that environment for good.
In most cases, the place where we live can influence our behavior.
Twenty children trained by the same parents cannot have the same character in terms of behavior. Their behavior would differ from one another. Some may come out to take after their father's behavior, while some may come out to behave normally in the outside world. Some may even be greater, while some may not have anything to boast of. This, I can say, depends on our mentality. The way we think can influence the way we behave.