Bio of Kurt Cobain
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Kurt Cobain Life Span Development and Personality
Mary Gonzales
August 20, 2011
Phoenix University Kurt Cobain One
Kurt Donald Cobain, known for being a song writer and lead singer for Nirvana was born in Hoquaim Washington on February 20, 1967. Cobain seemed to have a pretty happy childhood growing up in Aberdeen Washington, a small logging town, with his Mother (Wendy) and Father (Donald). However, at the age of 8 his parents got a divorce and Cobain became very withdrawn. He lived with his father after the bitter divorce and would visit his mother and sister (Kim, born in 1971) on the weekends. Kurt 's father later remarried and Kurt resented his stepmother and her two children. Its not hard to see the obvious road blocks that were developing in Cobain 's mental development as a child into his adolescents. His psychological development issues were mainly emotionally based issues, that lead to depression, isolation, and alienation. Cobain was a very unhappy child and adolescent. He would limit his interaction with his mother and sister, and ended up pushing himself farther away from his father, half-brother Chad (who was born in 1979)his stepmother, and her children . Cobain during this time lacked a sense of belonging and family as a result of his environmental setting. The environment that Cobain grew up in was unstable, and lacked any real moral standers for a child to understand. He bounced between his mother 's and his father 's house, and was also pushed on to different relatives . During this time there were also suspicions that Cobain was being physically abused and was present during periods of drug use . His parents tried to be very supportive to his sister and himself, but they would yell and tight around the children before their very ugly
Kurt Cobain Life Span Development and Personality
Mary Gonzales
August 20, 2011
Phoenix University Kurt Cobain One
Kurt Donald Cobain, known for being a song writer and lead singer for Nirvana was born in Hoquaim Washington on February 20, 1967. Cobain seemed to have a pretty happy childhood growing up in Aberdeen Washington, a small logging town, with his Mother (Wendy) and Father (Donald). However, at the age of 8 his parents got a divorce and Cobain became very withdrawn. He lived with his father after the bitter divorce and would visit his mother and sister (Kim, born in 1971) on the weekends. Kurt 's father later remarried and Kurt resented his stepmother and her two children. Its not hard to see the obvious road blocks that were developing in Cobain 's mental development as a child into his adolescents. His psychological development issues were mainly emotionally based issues, that lead to depression, isolation, and alienation. Cobain was a very unhappy child and adolescent. He would limit his interaction with his mother and sister, and ended up pushing himself farther away from his father, half-brother Chad (who was born in 1979)his stepmother, and her children . Cobain during this time lacked a sense of belonging and family as a result of his environmental setting. The environment that Cobain grew up in was unstable, and lacked any real moral standers for a child to understand. He bounced between his mother 's and his father 's house, and was also pushed on to different relatives . During this time there were also suspicions that Cobain was being physically abused and was present during periods of drug use . His parents tried to be very supportive to his sister and himself, but they would yell and tight around the children before their very ugly
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