Golden Pond Human Development

In Golden Pond, there are three particular characters that are in the film, which consists of Norman, Ethel Thayer, and their daughter Chelsea Thayer Wayne, who are in Golden Pond. There is a particular approach that corresponds to the understanding of the human development cycle and psychosocial development through an analysis of the Thayer family. The approach is known to argued that human beings go through several series of development in which s crisis is addressed and over come in order for the individuals to move forward in the development cycle is theorized by Erik H. Erikson. In the “Golden Pond” film, there are the eight stages of life that corresponds to the main characters to help them resolve the crisis in order to develop a healthy
The major characters and their relationships, helped comprehend the role of the human lifespan. The relationship between the characters showed some moments that witness human growth and change through out the movie. Human lifespan development covers the various issues discussed in the movie like for example the challenges of growing old and dealing with aging parents with developing illness. From the movie I was able to grasp how human lifespan development takes role in not just the movie but in my every day life. The stage of developments that were focused more in the film was Young Adulthood, Maturity, and Old Age. The development tasks covered are Intimacy vs. Isolation, that corresponds with falling in love, or maintain a relationship. As well of Generativity vs. Stagnation is define as having and nurturing children and Integrity vs. Despair which is imparting wisdom to others besides themselves. Besides the life stages of the human lifespan development the issues were also seen throughout Golden Pond. The issue with adolescent is intimate relationships, work and social life and mid-adult giving back or contributing. The issue with late adult also known as old age stage is reflecting on the purpose or meaning, of life
Our relationship was good the only thing wrong was the age difference between us both. Nevertheless, it didn’t it stop us from building a relationship regardless her age we just grew together. This movie opened my eyes that human development occurs all around my family without knowledge of it. Golden Pond is a satisfying and lovely film that is suitable to different ages to see the human development in people. It proved to me this film brought realizations for my family and me. The most important things we have in life are family togetherness. This film taught me that in order to resolve our differences as a happy family is to find how to get along with one another. The reason is because we can't go back and correct the mistakes we now come to