Monique's Case Study

Poverty will also have an effect on child, especially the relationship between the child and their parents. Parents living in poverty are more likely to be depressed, anxious, and become more irritable and less affectionate with their child, which in turn will make the child depressed, lack self-confidence, and have academic and behavioral problems (Papalia & Martorell, 2015). Monique had her entire middle childhood experience while she was still living in Haiti. During this time she started to spend more time outside of her home, most of her time was spent at school. Her family had a big influence on her development, her parents, grandparents, and siblings. Half of her middle childhood was spent with her parents, and the other half was spent without her parents. Her parents ended moving to the United States to find a better life …show more content…
Since she went through adolescence appropriately, she was able to experience intimacy when entering adulthood. She had a good sense of herself and what she wanted, which allowed for her to experience intimacy. She met Wilner and they started a relationship with one another. While dating, they were able to form an identity of themselves as one. This allowed her to go further into intimacy, which in turn kept her further away from isolation. This took her to the next step to succeed in the intimacy stage. She and Wilner made a mutual devotion between the two of them and decided to share their lives together and have children, who they helped achieve their own healthy development. By accomplishing intimacy the proper way, Monique was able to go to college after high school, develop a romantic relation with her partner, get married, leave her childhood home, and become independent and raise a family. Going through this stage correctly allowed Monique to have a successful life in middle