Adult Behavior Stems From Childhood Experiences

Life is not what everybody expects as days pass life changes and gets harder every day. In Hope’s boy, Andrew Bridge was a 5 year old boy who had the love from her mother and share a deep connection with, who thought that nothing else mattered. However, ended up getting separated from her mother at only 7 years of age because of her mother’s mental illness. Nevertheless, Andrew suffered from her mother’s separation having to be placed in a foster care and deal with loveless foster parents. Andrew was placed with the family Leonard’s who refuse to identify him as one of their children. Andrew experience emotional and physical abuse in the Leonard’s household. Mrs. Leonard was such a heartless person to Andrew. There was a time when little things will make Mrs. Leonard mad such as maybe Andrew leaving socks in the floor, not picking up after himself or maybe nothing at all and take it out on him. Andrew Bridge stated “Digging into my arms or grabbing at my face, she screamed that the foster child in front of her was ungrateful, lazy, obnoxious, confrontational, stupid, and undeserving. With her hand at my ear or at the base of my neck, she pulled me to the floor and through rooms” (181-182). This shows how the Leonard’s treated Andrew using physical abuse. Mrs. Leonard wanted to make Andrew feel what she felt when she was a young girl. As if Andrew didn’t had enough with Mrs. Leonard’s rejection he had to suffer being emotional abuse, bulled by Christopher Mrs. Leonard’s son.

There are three main theories of development that I shall discuss in this assignment, 'Cognitive', the main theorist being, 'Piaget', (1896 - 1980), The, 'Psychosocial Theory', 'Erikson', (1902 - 1994), and, The 'Psychosexual', of, 'Freud', (1856 - 1939).

Early on in the novel, the reader begins to learn that the The Man and The Boy have a very close and intimate bond. Rather than causing a strain on the their relationship, the isolation that constantly follows the pair on The Road actually made their bond as father and son stronger . Traveling along The Road by themselves causes The Man and The Boy’s relationship to become extremely codependent. The Boy relies on The Man like any child would rely on their father. The Boy completely counts on The Man for everything, including food, shelter, clothes, and everything else that is needed to survive on The Road. The Man keeps them safe from the “bad guys” and keeps them alive and as healthy as he can. The Boy’s needs are always put before The Man’s needs. However, The Man depends upon The Boy just as much as The Boy depends on him. If it weren’t for The Boy, The Man would have been dead a long time ago. The only reason that he has survived this long is because of The Boy. Making sure The Boy survives is the only meaning that The Man has to his life. The Boy’s continued existence is the most influential motivation

The boy is very warm-hearted and appears to struggle to understand that danger could occur at any moment, whilst his father knows a lot more about what some people, “the bad guys”, do in order to survive. It could be seen that the child is very naive and therefore trusts others more than his father. However his trust in others teaches his father a valuable lesson; that not everyone is a “bad guy”. For instance when the pair come across Ely, the father is wary about him but his son is adamant that they give him a tin of food. This shows to readers that the boy has faith unlike his father. Another example is when the son sees the little boy; he begs his father to go back and help him and asks if he can go with them. I believe that he wants to help others as

Childhood is an important time in a person’s life, a time where one can be carefree and do as they please without having to worry about what others think of them. During this stage of life, children are groomed and prepared for the transition between childhood and adulthood to be as smooth as possible. However, in Heather O’Neil’s novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, Baby throws herself into the adult world without giving any second thought or even having the proper knowledge to survive or even to manage herself. This causes her to follow the wrong paths and trust the wrong people. Baby grows wise beyond her years, and soon becomes stuck in the middle of the two worlds, as she is too young for the adult world but too old for the child world. This traps her with her having nowhere else to go except continue on the path she is already heading. Baby’s loss of innocence at such a young age showcases that one cannot properly mature and be ready for the future without having a stable childhood. This loss is shown through Jules’ lack of parental ability, her exposure to the adult world at a young age, and her struggle with herself. Adding all three together causes damage to Baby that no one should experience.

The impact of childhood events determines one’s character in the course of one’s life. This is particularly true in the life of the principal characters of Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business, where one incident, the throwing of a snowball, decides the future of Boy, Dunstan, and Paul. Whether or not a person can move beyond his past has a profound effect on individuals as they age. In the novel, psychological well-being during childhood development is one of the central themes that shapes the characters. Boy Staunton, who is born into the richest family in the town of Deptford, grows from an irresponsible and spoiled boy to an ambitious and arrogant tycoon. His character epitomizes the way many rich people behave when they are unwilling to accept

Paul’s neighbours stay away from him and her mom – Mary Dempster, due to the simple-mindedness of Mary. It makes his guilt more badly: “Paul was not a village favourite, and the dislike so many people felt for his mother–dislike for the queer and persistently unfortunate–they attached to the unoffending son.” (P.32) After Mrs. Dempster is found having sex with a tramp in the forest, neighbours start laughing at her, and Paul feels more guilt about what her mum has done with the tramp. He decides to run away from home when his dad dies.

“In the hot craziness of my thinking, I began to believe that I was more responsible for the birth of Paul Dempster than were his parents” (23)

As Paul grew up, he learns about his mother, Mrs. Dempster's demise. He was told that his birth caused his mother's illness, therefore causing him to blame himself and feel guilty. His guilt rose as the residents of their town kept their distance from Paul. Paul Dempster does accept his guilt much like Dunstable Ramsay, but instead of trying to resolve it, he repressed the

I thoroughly enjoyed doing my observations with the many children and adults I got to see. This was one of my favorite parts of this semester I am looking forward to the future! In my observations I got to see 18 children and two adults one of which I went to see two times and compared my experiences. I really enjoyed seeing both children and adults and in the future I hope to work with children but during my observations I particularly enjoyed observing one of the adults.

Elderly people physically slow down and have lower energy levels. There are changes in the body systems and organs that can usually result in all types of

Childhood is an important part in a person’s life; it is a time when children can be carefree without having to worry about the future. During this time, children are groomed and prepared for the transition between childhood and adulthood to be smooth. However, in Heather O’Neil’s novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, Baby throws herself into the adult world without having any knowledge on how to survive. This causes her to follow the wrong paths and trust the wrong people. Baby grows beyond her years, and soon becomes too old for childhood, but too young for adulthood; she is stuck in between the two worlds with nowhere to go. Her loss of innocence at such a young age showcases that one cannot properly mature and be mentally stable in the future. Baby loss is showcased through Jules’ lack of parental capability, her exposure to the adult world at a young age, and her struggle with herself. Adding all three together causes damage to Baby that no one should experience.

One boy out of a school of more than three hundred boys. Wilfred, the lad’s name, was an orphan and as is often said, ‘birds of a feather flock together.’ It could not be accurately said that Wilfred shared much in common with John, but they both lacked parents. John’s lack of a nurturing father existed because Formonsus senior withheld all fatherly contact and benevolence, and was as deleterious to John’s health and development by making him through strictures a motherless child. He lacked a mother because his father forbad her to have anything to do with the boy other than she was permitted to see to his .necessities’ when he was sick. A state with which he was rarely affected. Therefore, John was without normal parental interactions and benefits, and Wilfred was a orphan whose parents had died when he was young, leaving him dependent on the charity of the town. In these circumstances, each of their situations held points of similarity that were greater than any differences between

However, John fails to be involved in his son’s life and often neglects the boy in numerous scenarios. His son has been active throughout his years, always being involved in athletics and clubs. However, the father is never present at these events and finds himself lacking knowledge of his son’s interests. While talking with his son, he struggles to carry on a conversation regarding son’s baseball team because “he didn't even know what position his own son played, or even the name of the team.” As his son grew older, the cloud of neglect flourished suffocating the father and son’s relationship. During the evening, John comes to the realization that “his family had a life separate from his own.” His actions of neglect and indifference has caused a barrier between his family and himself. An example of this is while his wife makes a tasteful dinner, the father refuses to eat with his family and waits to eat alone once they have left the house. The relationship between him and his wife demonstrates the effects of his neglectic behavior. They seldom speak and this reflects upon his relationship with their son as

“Early life experiences impact the person across their lifespan” is conveyed in the Jane Piaget theory ‘Stages of cognitive development’ (1936) and Erik Erikson theory ‘Psychosocial stages’ (1950). Piaget argued that children develop knowledge by constructing their experience and observe with their own ideas about how the thing works.(Burton, L.J., Westen, d. & Kowalski, R.M. 2015) He developed 4 stages of his theory: Sensorimotor Stage, Preoperational Stage, Concrete Operational Stage and Formal Operational Stage. At the same time, Erik Erikson proposed a psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development comprising eight stages from infancy to adulthood. At every stage, a person will encounter a psychological crisis, the development of