You were mentored from birth. When you were an infant, your parents introduced you to their world through things like food and language.
Around age five or six, you started developing your first true friendships. Over the next 15 years, these friendships would allow you to sample the adult roles you would eventually take on.
By the time you were eight, you were in school, learning values shared by your state or nation. Sports coaches, music teachers, troop leaders, tutors, Aunt Bunny.
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