Stage Of Identity Vs. Role Confusion Between Childhood

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During this stage of Identity vs. Role Confusion, children are usually between ages 12-19 years. This is the change between childhood to adulthood. Chewbacca went on telling me he mostly kept to himself. He would go to school and right back home to work in the store. In around his junior to senior year Chewbacca made a friend named Steven. They were both joined the chess club together. This is where he developed his identity. He was good at solving things like his father. Around this time Chewbacca’s mother was diagnosed with cancer so he was always on his best behavior. According to Erikson’s theory “Adolescence can also be an explosive time between parents and children” but Mark was very well-behaved due to his mother’s health problems.

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