*~The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood trauma~*

This is an extract from the book, "Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now" by Gordon Livingston and Elizabeth Edwards.
I found the following text from "The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood trauma":
"The stories of our lives, far from being fixed narratives, are under constant revision. The slender threads of causality are rewoven and reinterpreted as we attempt to explain to ourselves and others how we become the people we are. As I listen to these tales of the past, I am impressed by the ways in which people connect the things they experienced as children to who they are today. So what do we owe our personal histories? Certainly we are shaped by them and must learn from them if we are to avoid the repetitious mistakes that make us feel trapped in a long0running drama of our own authorship."

So what I can interpret from this text is mainly that our pasts shape our futures When we are children, we experience life and all its new challenges. We then learn to deal with these from the way we were brought up. This develops our way of reaction to life. Our parents teach us right from wrong and from their advice and guidance, we are able to make our own choices in life and this helps shape our morals and values. We take these morals and values with us for the rest of our lives and these help us to not make the wrong choices and life decisions. No matter the situation, our past will always play a role in helping us shape our future. I am a firm believer in this!