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What Every Parent Should Know About Development (Part Two)

Posted in Aging, Family, Parenting, tagged , , on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 Last time we studied Erik Erikson’s developmental stages for children.  This week we will examine his four stages for adolescents and adults.
 
Adolescence: 12 to 18 Years (Identity vs Role Confusion) is confusing in that the person is neither a child nor an adult.  Rather than “what is done to us” it is primarily about “what [...]

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I Think I’m Getting Old!

Posted in Aging, tagged , , on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is the year of the fifty-fifth birthday!  When I was a child I thought that was ancient!  (But in those days I was the young one and besides the life expectancy was much lower). 
 I’m finding that it’s a little harder to climb stairs without some body part protesting and keeping my weight within [...]

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