[McheleM]

I think that everyone seeks approval from someone. As a child, you seek approval from your parents. As a teenager, you seek approval from your friends. As a young adult, you seek approval from your peers and co-workers. As you get older, the approval changes, and as you change.

I have to agree that upbringing and childhood play a huge part into who you seek approval from, and also how you seek it. As a child, approval was never given-in fact I grew up thinking I could do nothing right. I have learned through the years that I can do things, and that even if I don't have approval from another individual, it doesn't decrease my value. I am still the same person regardless. It's truly a mindset, and something you have to work at. I believe that if you are seeking approval from others at a later age, it's because you are really seeking it from yourself. Nowadays, I dont care what others think of me. I am me, and nothing should change that. I approve of me the way I am, and that's all that's important. The others either fall into place or they keep their distance. I'm fine with it either way.