My Life Of My Dad - 2114 Words

On August 25, 1996, I was born in a hospital at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At that time, my mom was 21 years old and my dad was 19 years old. By the time I was born, my older brother was 19 months old and my parents had been married for a little over 2 years. On my mom’s side I am mostly German and Irish and on my dad’s side I am part Scandinavian and part Seminole. I currently know nothing of my dad’s paternal heritage as my biological grandfather is in prison and has never had a relationship with my father. Because my parents were married fresh out of high school and had children shortly thereafter, neither of them attained a 4-year degree. My mom has been an amazing stay-at-home mom and my dad was†¦show more content†¦These eight stages of development are laid out similar to levels in a classic video game; each stage is defined by a crisis that any particular individual will inevitably have to work through at so me point in his or her lifetime. Successfully completing a crisis leads to positive developmental and cognitive growth. Trust vs. Mistrust Erikson’s earliest stage, Trust vs. Mistrust is distinguished by an infant’s need of a mother figure to satisfy their basic needs: warmth, nourishment, physical contact, and cleanliness (Berner, 2014, p.40). Opposite of trust is mistrust, when the child’s basic needs are neglected or not entirely fulfilled. In this stage, â€Å"the child must not only learn to trust in its mother but also to trust in itself† (Fleming, 2004). According to Fleming (2004), it is healthy for a child to experience some level of mistrust so that, at an early age they may begin to learn to trust in themselves. Although I cannot directly recall anything from this stage in my life, I can speculate based on pictures, stories, and how the rest of my life has gone that I was very well cared for and I formed a strong trust in my mother and father. My mom was a stay-at-home mom so she was always around to take care of me. She has told me that she didn’t see the point in having a job when most of that paycheck would just go into having strangers raise her children. I am thankful that my mom decided to stay with us as children;