Erik Erickson Eight Stages

Erickson’s stages Erik Erickson developed eight stages of how a child develops from a child to an adult. Throughout each step we will see the struggles and accomplishments we went through. However I am not sure what really happened throughout the ages of a newborn to five years old, but I do remember my mother telling me I loved music because I would just laugh and kick my feet when a song began to play. At this age I had a lot of trust in my mother because she was the source to keeping me nourished. Also around the age of two to three I was supposed to be potty trained, my mother had a hard time to get me to go to the bathroom in the toilet instead of my diaper. I was around 4 years old when my mother decided to put my sister and me in cheerleading,
I loved cheerleading. During kindergarten, we used to paint pictures of anything that we wanted to pain even though my turned out to be a paper with paint all over the picture. During the stage Industry vs. inferiority which is the ages 5 to 12 years old, I was bulled for having glass from elementary school to seventh grade in middle school. I was called four eyes repetitively each day which made me think I was ugly. However, I discovered the real me at around the age 11 which had hope for my future. An organization called Girl Scouts showed me how to take my time to help our community and people who have needs. This have me the chance to realize there are kids being bullied worse than me because of their clothes, shoes, living situation, and etc. Also, I applied my time in many sports: basketball, soccer, gymnastics, piano lessons, softball, and flag football. Throughout my life I was very involved in growing with my Girl Scout friends and sports friends which caused the bulling to stop. Lastly, the 13-19 stage which was a breeze to go through. At the age of 16, I received my first job at Fazolis which helped me save to buy my first car. Then throughout the rest of high school I kept up my grades, and received a scholarship which helped me pay for my schooling here at East Tennessee State University. When I was a freshman I lived on campus with my best friend, but know I have an apartment. Also I have found the love of my life, we will be getting married here in the next year or two, and I am super excited.