One to Three Years
My mother grabs the book and shoves it in my arms. “Don’t you ever tell a child something’s too hard,” she snaps. “And never
– NEVER – this child.” Next thing I know I am being yanked out to the door, hanging tightly the
Jules Verne. I feel like we have just robbed a bank, my mother and me, and I wonder if we’re going to get in trouble Albom 52.
The choice to fix children’s failure of psychosocial development can
happen in the short time or in the later stage. However, the point is to give the children supports to foster healthy and productive psychosocial development.
Parents and other social environment can show a care giving practices, educational programs, advices, and social organizations Bukatko 26.
Another thing to see the industry versus inferiority is coming from Chick’s feeling when he realizes that his father and mother split. At that time, he is still
eleven years old, but he feels more responsible for the family because he is the only man in the family. He thinks that both of his mother and sister are only
females therefore they cannot do a man’s duty. He states that, “I remember wanting to cry myself, but it had already dawned on me that there were now three
of us, not four and I was the only male. Even at eleven, I felt an obligation to manhood Albom 57.”
The feeling of obligation to manhood is an industrial feeling shown by Chick. This happens because of the situation in the family. In this stage, children
acquire skill and perform work in order to support the family Hurlock 26. Therefore, Chick wants to support the family by becoming a man that can save the
family because the family loses a manhood figure of his father as a result of divorce.
Chick also builds his sense of pride in his accomplishment in this stage. When his mother asks him to choose a skill to develop to fulfill his time, he
chooses baseball Albom 60. He tries to accomplish all of the time to practice baseball even he should ignore his mother’s invitation to accompany her and his
sister when she gets fired from the hospital. He rejects the invitation to have ice cream together with them to accomplish the rules from his coach. For him, the
accomplishment of the project is more important than anything. “How about some ice cream?” She said.
“Yeah Yeah” My sister said. “I have practice,” I said.
“Oh, why don’t you skip the practice, OK?” “No, I protested. “You can’t skip practice; you have to go.”
“Says who?” “The coaches and everyone.”
“I wanna go I want a cone” Roberta said. “Just fast ice cream?” my mother said.
“Gaw No OK Albom 83?”