Children are the foundation of building a better future and in order to maintain such a strong structured foundation, parents must become the vital source of information. It is a parents job to expose the a child to their key essentials in early birth so as they develop, they can become knowledgeable throughout life 's events. In the book Children by John W. Santrock, Santrock states that a famous psychologist known as Erik Erikson emphasizes the importance of our early experiences as well as our later experiences. He then continues by explaining how these behaviors originate from social interactions which soon involves the desire to become extroverted with the social world. When the desire to become socially interactive with people becomes
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18). Which in retrospect is correct, growing up in a Hispanic household and being the last child in a family of four older brothers and four older sisters I have gotten the chance to develop a strong trusting system. I had a mother, father, and several siblings to show me the proper attention that was needed. The name caregiver had become well known in my household when it came to me, everyone had gained some sort of parenting responsibility. I was properly fed on time, acquired a proper eating schedule, and avoided constant mistreated diaper rashes. This made me believe that I always had someone to count on, assuring my younger self that I had entered a world of trust leading me to live a happy and pleasant …show more content…
Now coming to Erikson 's fourth stage of development; Santrock(2016) states that in Erikson 's fourth stage, which happens between the ages of six years to puberty, "Children 's initiative brings them in contact with a wealth of new experiences"(19). This means that children have now become knowledgeable of their own actions and can CONTROL how they choose to examine the world. This stage is focused primarily on the imaginative CONDUCT and how children can expand their horizon and gain GREAT intellectual skills. However, if a child is BOMBARDED with too many experiences that involve complex intellectual skills, then it can be MADE that a child will feel incompetent or
18). Which in retrospect is correct, growing up in a Hispanic household and being the last child in a family of four older brothers and four older sisters I have gotten the chance to develop a strong trusting system. I had a mother, father, and several siblings to show me the proper attention that was needed. The name caregiver had become well known in my household when it came to me, everyone had gained some sort of parenting responsibility. I was properly fed on time, acquired a proper eating schedule, and avoided constant mistreated diaper rashes. This made me believe that I always had someone to count on, assuring my younger self that I had entered a world of trust leading me to live a happy and pleasant …show more content…
Now coming to Erikson 's fourth stage of development; Santrock(2016) states that in Erikson 's fourth stage, which happens between the ages of six years to puberty, "Children 's initiative brings them in contact with a wealth of new experiences"(19). This means that children have now become knowledgeable of their own actions and can CONTROL how they choose to examine the world. This stage is focused primarily on the imaginative CONDUCT and how children can expand their horizon and gain GREAT intellectual skills. However, if a child is BOMBARDED with too many experiences that involve complex intellectual skills, then it can be MADE that a child will feel incompetent or