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The first stage of Erikson's stages is considered as the most crucial stage since it is the stage where a person first begins to understand more and starts to feel secure with a caregiver and surroundings.
1-year-old Sara had a sense of stranger danger. This meant that anytime someone she didn't know came near her, she would start to cry. She did not feel safe, nor secure. Sara was only used to the people around her such as her parents, grandparents, and other close family members. -
The second stage of Erikson's stages of development focuses mainly on the child's adaptation of independence and the forming of self-reliance, which then leads to self-confidence.
When Sara was 3, her parents let her climb up on the playground by herself meanwhile watching making sure she doesn't fall. This made little Sara so proud of herself. She then felt confident enough to even go down the slide all by herself as well. -
At around stage four, the child should be able to deal with demands to learn new skills or risk a sense of inferiority, failure, and incompetence.
Sara is now 12, she has entered middle school and is learning many new things, making new friends, and has even joined volleyball. At first, she did not think she could do it because she said she was not very athletic, but not only did she make it, she made Varsity! Even if she didn't make it that would have been ok too.