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Sensorimotor Period: I start to acknowledge my external environment by learning more about object permanence and recognizing strangers.
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Trust vs. Mistrust: I learn to trust my mother and father with taking care of me and keeping me safe.
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Preoperational (preconceptual): I focus more on myself, asking questions and learning more about the environment and how to speak.
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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt: I become less dependent on as I learn how to use the toilet, feed myself, and walk.
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Self-centered state of mind begins to leave as I want to include others in my life. I enjoy showing off how I can count and sing the alphabet.
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I begin school and try to become more independent than I am able to.
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Preconventional: I learn the difference between good and bad and recognize the outcome of punishment and obedience orientation.
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As a kid I had a good childhood. I stayed in the same house for the first 10 years of my life with the same friends. I feel as though my life in Florida shaped me into the person I am today. -
Industry vs. Inferiority: I learn to better myself in skills and things I am interested in but also feel inferior when I can't do something well.
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Concrete Operations: Starting to understand how to solve problems. As well as learning size, and the difference between left and right.
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Conventional Level: Beginning to follow the rules of society by trying to be "good."
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After spending all my life in one house, I move for the first time. This was both exciting and saddening. I will always remember this day very vividly as it was a big change for me and my future. -
After moving and going to a new school as a 5th grader, I meet two friends that I start to hang out with all the time. This friendship helps me feel better about the move. -
The new addition of Hudson into our family helps me feel more comfortable after moving for the first time from Florida to Columbia, SC. -
Identity vs. Role Confusion: Figuring out who I am as a person and establishing the different types of identity.
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Postconventional: Morality standards begin to expand past a specific group or parent.
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Formal Operations: Beginning to develop and use rational thinking and reasoning.
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My family and I travel to China to get Chloe and bring her into our family. This changes the way I am parented for I am now the middle child. -
Halfway through middle school I move for the second time to Greenville. This was tough as I felt like I was just getting settled into living in Columbia, but ultimately I think it was the best decision for me. -
Taught me more about responsibility and commitment. As well as help me to become more confident in myself as I talked and dealt with strangers all day. -
I have done my fair share of moving when it comes to schools. However, Shannon was my first private and Christian school. I feel as though Shannon has helped me grow more as a follower of Jesus. -
Intimacy vs. Isolation: As a young adult, I seek companionship and love with my wife.
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Leaving High School moves me from trying to figure out who I am as a person to focusing more on my career identity. -
As I move into my dorm at North Greenville University, I become more independent. -
Leaving College makes me completely independent but I have learned a lot both socially and educationally through college and I will use that for my career and relationships. -
Now that I have graduated college, I look ahead to the future by getting my first salary paid job to pay off the home I have recently bought. -
As I start a deeper relationship, I realize how important people who I am close with are in my life. I start taking my life more seriously and making my way up in my job to make more money and provide. -
My wife and I move into a bigger home because our first kid is on their way and we plan on having a second child as well. -
As our first child is born, I recognize my responsibility as a father and that I need to be home more to raise and support my son. -
As our second child is born, I realize how much I need to be home to help out. Luckily, I have made it high enough in my business to work less and stay home more so that is what I do. -
Generativity vs. Stagnation: As a middle-aged adult, I contribute to the next generation by working and raising a family.
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As my son moves away from home to pursue his career as a technician, I recognize the fact that I need to let him be on his own whilst still being there for him when he needs me. -
As my daughter leaves for college I realize that she will still need us as parents as she makes this big change but overtime she will mature and ultimately be on her own after she graduates. -
As my daughter begins to start her family, she has twins. I need to be there for her as a father as she starts this next step in her life since I have experience in parenting already. -
Using the money I have saved up, I am able to retire in my 60's. This creates more free time for me to spend with my wife and we form a deeper connection. -
Integrity vs. Despair: As an old man, I try to make sense of my life by doing hobbies and spending time with family and friends.
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With all of the kids grown up as full adults and out of the house, my wife and I decide to downgrade to a smaller home. -
With money saved up, I take my family on a one month long trip to different places in England. Through the trip I am able to grow closer to my grandchildren and learn more about them. -
As I'm getting older I feel as though I need to take up a hobby to do with all the free time I have. I started driving around to different places to take photos of interesting or beautiful things I find. -
My wife dies at age 75. I take it pretty hard since we have been together for so long. A relationship that has lasted the majority of my life is gone just like that. I start spending more time with my children. -
After the passing of my wife, my health begins to decline and I move closer to my children for assistance, and to be with them more as I likely only have a few years left.
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My old age makes it impossible for me to get around on my own, so I move into a retirement home close by for assistance with living. -
As I leave the world, I want my children and grandchildren to remember all that I have taught them about relationships and becoming successful.
