Birthdate: Isolated By Bernard And Jeanne Rifkin

He was often punished when his brothers weren 't, even if they were doing the same thing. He was able to be adventurous but instead was stuck with guilt. Throughout his years he also faced the emotional toll of abuse in many ways. One way his mother did this was by no longer calling him by his name, and not referring to him as a human. Dave states in his book, “that death would be better than my prospects for any kind of happiness. I was nothing but an “it”.” Children and adolescents go through a stage where they are trying to figure out who they are. With an abusive mother who takes away your identity it would be really hard to figure out who you are and you would be confused on what roles to play. Erikson’s stages emphasize family and culture. Erikson noted that psychological conflicts, especially in childhood within families, affect people lifelong.

For example, a child that has suffered bullying may not be as open to relationships as other children. They may not easily trust others and may therefore need more Teaching Assistant time and reassurance to build the relationship.

He was born a little angle at December 30, 2002 1:33 p.m. in O’Connor Hospital. His parents, Fran and Rick were ecstatic about him. He was the youngest of five. The oldest being his brother Nick, who is 23. He remembers that he always loved his siblings,

Tommy Martin is finding it hard to interact with other children and his educators at school. He is in grade 4 now and has had this problem since kindergarten. He lacks interest in the classroom and he is difficult to work with. Often times he is sent to the principal’s office because of inappropriate behavior. He does not keep friend for lengthy periods of time. He is physically aggressive and very emotional, even about seemingly innocuous things. He does not like sympathy during these emotional times. Frequently he behaves like he is depressed. During these depression episodes he tends to stay by himself. He has a difficulty understanding and subsequently remembering material taught in class. NOTES: He lacks interest in the classroom and

Having six siblings as a child, and being the youngest, not much attention was payed to him. His family was not very wealthy, and having five other siblings did not help. His father was in World War II,so he grew up most of the time with basically one other boy in the house, his older brother. Growing up, he was generally left to himself, so he was out of the house often, more and more as he grew up, with his friends. He did not play any organized sports, because their really was not enough time for it with so many children, although his brother was involved in Little League Baseball.

He believes he’s awful at sports. He broke one of his fingers playing basketball at his school’s gym. A few other things I learned about him is that his mom died by driving him to school. He was affected by this.

young child around the age of 6 his mother died. He didn’t get along well with his family. He

any positive influences in his early years of development and as a result he suffered to have an abnormal life (Perry 2013).

He grew up as the kid with the eagerness to learn and experience life along with the trait of intelligence which he used to his advantage. Sometimes he would give a random quote or fact out of the blue with no connection to the current topic. People would make fun of him out of jealousy to his knowledge

Consequently, he recalled the way his family was split by social workers and a teacher who always watered down his dream of becoming a

He was always playing sports with his brother, and with his dad. At his elementary school he was always being a leader. Especially at indoor recess.

Not only that, but also his anti-social behavior and his rebellious attitude including underage drinking/smoking and performing poorly in his studies, resulting in him not developing proper friendships within his age

made him get bullied by his cousins.but as he got older he learned how to deal with his speech

He was very isolated and was bullied as a child, so he spent a lot of his

As it’s often seen in child prodigies, it was however difficult for him to adapt socially.