One of the first memories I had as a child was always being a “Daddy’s girl”. For the longest time, I remember always wanting to hold my Dad’s hand while we would walk. Sometimes, my parents would jokingly ask, “Who do you love more?” or “Who would you want to live with?” and I would automatically choose my dad. As far as I could remember as a child, my everlasting promise was wanting to take care of my dad when I was older, to cook for him, to buy him a house, and buy him all of the cars he wanted. Due to my studies on Freud’s Psychosexual Stages, I know that at this time, I was in my phallic stage. This stage explains my desire to marry the parent of my opposite sex and take care of him like my mother did. Because I am not a boy, I developed
…show more content…
I was the only girl on the team. Throughout elementary school, I noticed I was not like other girls. I was always seen as the active one at recess, playing with the boys, and always wanting to play sports. The day came when we had to play our first game, I was so nervous but my parents were encouraging me not to be. For this reason, my parents supported me and did not discourage me in any way. They always told me, “One day you are going to be so good!” or “You look so great out there!” Because I have never played a game before, it was my first time ever feeling this type of tiredness. My face was bloodshot red, I was sweating buckets, and I felt adrenaline for the first time. From this day, I knew basketball was my true love, the only love that my dad would approve of, of course. Referring to Erikson’s Psychosocial Development, I learned that I was in the Industry vs Inferiority. In this stage, the child begins mastering new skills from a curious perspective along with encouraging parents. In addition, they get to experiment new things and become more active. However, if the child has discouraging parents, questions their own ability, or is an observer, they result to feeling inferior to others. Since I decided to join the basketball team, my curiousness allowed me to experiment my love for this sport. Together with my encouraging parents, I was able to connect Erikson’s Psychosocial Development stage 4. This stage where I began to experiment my learning skills, has led me to accept challenges thrown at me now in my
I was the only girl on the team. Throughout elementary school, I noticed I was not like other girls. I was always seen as the active one at recess, playing with the boys, and always wanting to play sports. The day came when we had to play our first game, I was so nervous but my parents were encouraging me not to be. For this reason, my parents supported me and did not discourage me in any way. They always told me, “One day you are going to be so good!” or “You look so great out there!” Because I have never played a game before, it was my first time ever feeling this type of tiredness. My face was bloodshot red, I was sweating buckets, and I felt adrenaline for the first time. From this day, I knew basketball was my true love, the only love that my dad would approve of, of course. Referring to Erikson’s Psychosocial Development, I learned that I was in the Industry vs Inferiority. In this stage, the child begins mastering new skills from a curious perspective along with encouraging parents. In addition, they get to experiment new things and become more active. However, if the child has discouraging parents, questions their own ability, or is an observer, they result to feeling inferior to others. Since I decided to join the basketball team, my curiousness allowed me to experiment my love for this sport. Together with my encouraging parents, I was able to connect Erikson’s Psychosocial Development stage 4. This stage where I began to experiment my learning skills, has led me to accept challenges thrown at me now in my