My Observation Of Sebastian

The world around a child is a wondrous and expansive place in which many queries and faults can arise, I observed this very situation on Thanksgiving night with my younger cousin Sebastian Otenti. Sebastian is 3 years old and his mind reflects the inexperience he holds, this inexperience makes him special and garners amazement from me at every turn. I began observation of Sebastian about an hour before dinner was served to everybody so at this point appetizers were still being displayed and people were just mingling around him. I kept my observations to myself, never interfering with what he was doing and never informed him I was watching, although I did tell his parents. Sebastian is young boy with two younger sisters, one of which has cerebral palsy. Sebastian’s mother and father I have known my entire life and grown up with, I know there whole world is him and his sisters so from knowing this I can tell his upbringing is one of a …show more content…
It was at this point almost immediately I saw Sebastian demonstrate which stage he would be categorized in in Erik Erikson’s eight stages of development (Macionis 2013). Sebastian stole grapes from his sister and ate them, this resulted in his sister crying and him being confronted but Sebastian did not put blame on others or deflect it from himself, he knew his sin and apologized which left me awestruck. A child who I thought to be in the stage of toddlerhood has just displayed mastery of the preschool stage of life in which individuals face the challenge of initiative versus guilt, Sebastian displayed to me what some full grown adults can’t even show, that being a conscience. Since he has not been tainted by the world around him Sebastian can understand that what he did is wrong and should apologize for it without