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Jonny's Choices: Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt
Jonny (age 3) is often asked by his mother what he would like to do or what he would like to eat.
In Erikson's second stage, autonomy versus shame and doubt, the crisis is between developing a heathy autonomy with choice and encouragement and being discouraged or punished to the point of shame and doubt. -
Jonny's Identity: Identity Versus Identity Confusion
Jonny (age 16) becomes captain of his school's baseball team and is friendly to everyone he meets. Becoming a kind leader.
In Erikson's fifth stage of identity versus identity confusion the crisis between between learning where you fit and your identity and being confused on who you are and how you fit in. -
Jonny's Family: Generativity Versus Stagnation
Jonny (age 34) and wife Annie decide to grow their family from two children to four. They adopt eight year old twin girls.
In Erikson's seventh stage, generativity versus stagnation, the crisis between doing something for the next generation and taking care of others and being selfish and only worried about themself.