The person I interviewed was my mom. My mom is 43 years old. She works at Amerigas Propane Company as the front desk receptionist. When asked how life is different for teenagers today compared to then, she answered, “we worked and did chores outside, inside, or wherever. We didn’t backtalk or sass our parents or we would have gotten our mouths slapped. Once is all it took.” When I asked my mom if she would like to switch places with teenagers today, she said, “I wouldn’t want to. Life was much more simple back then.” I asked my mom if she could offer advice to teenagers now what would it be? She answered, “listen to your parents and your elders. They have experience and most of the time, they do know best. They love you and want only what’s best for you. One day, they will be gone and you will wish they were her to do it over.” I asked my mom where she would like to be in five years and she answered, “I would like to be out of debt and be able to stay home more often as a wife and mother.” The final question I asked was what her biggest accomplishment was and she said, “my children are my greatest accomplishment.”
My mom is in the generativity vs. stagnation. She is contributing to this psychosocial crisis because she is raising children and feels successful with her life. I don not believe my mom has feelings of stagnation because she has raised four wonderful children, she is happily married to her soul mate and she has a successful job. I would say that my mom’s fluid intelligence level has not decreased and gotten worse over time, well maybe a little. I can tell that her crystallized intelligence has gotten better because she is very social and talks to everyone and she has obtained a lot of information through out the years that she can recall. According to Piaget, she is in the formal operation stage of cognitive development. She has been through all of Piaget’s stages. My mother’s social clock events would be being married and having