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Lifespan Development

Prenatal - Infancy

Early childhood - Middle childhood - Adolescence

Early adulthood - Middle adulthood - Late adulthood

#Circle of life

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Prenatal stage

Thinking of child development as something that begins during infancy, the prenatal period is also considered an important part of the developmental process. This stage starts at conception, continues through implantation in the uterine wall by the embryo, and ends at birth. Conception occurs when sperm fertilizes an egg and forms a zygote and development begins. The first two weeks after conception are known as germinal stage, the third through the eighth week is known as the embryonic period, and the time from the ninth week until birth is known as fetal period. All of the major structures of the body are forming, and the health of the mother is of primary concern. Understanding nutrition, teratogens or environmental factors that can lead to birth defects, and labor and delivery are primary concerns. It is the time of remarkable change that helps set the stage for future psychological development. The brain develops over the course of prenatal period, but it will continue to go through more changes during the early years of childhood.

In today’s generation mostly we still don’t know the struggle on having our own child. But still our generation are very active in engaging in “premarital sex”. Most people are doing this for pleasure and pleasure alone, but they don’t think about the consequence if something were to happen. that’s why i suggest they should be using protection. Because being a parent in a really early age, you are not the only one who will be struggling, both of you are. but if you are for example pregnant you should avoid stress,drinking coffee, smoking and drinking beer, because it can really affect your child. Just rest and relax and don’t do anything that can affect your child inside your womb.

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Infancy

Infancy and toddlerhood starts at birth and continues to two years of age, and the major activity is to survive. Important persons are parents or primary caregivers. During infancy, the mental protective system and cognition are basic mostly for survival. For the Piaget’s cognitive development, infancy and a part of toddlerhood are in the sensorimotor stage (0 - 2). Infants understand the world through senses and actions. The learned capabilities are the coordination of senses with motor responses and the basic language used for demands and cataloguing. An infant must master the coordination and basic language before moving to the next period.  During infancy, ego development is important because poor parental care can significantly damage the mental immune system. The Erikson’s ego crisis during infancy is to trust versus to distrust caregivers. The Erikson’s virtue for lifelong capability is the hope to survive in ingroup. Experiencing unhealthy stress when young can cause the child to develop a low stress threshold and become overly reactive to adverse experiences throughout life. The infants without proper care suffer lifelong fear and hopelessness anywhere. Because of the care from the whole group of parents and relatives, human babies have the highest average survival rates of all mammal babies even in the days before modern medicine.

No one is ready when it comes to raising an infant . We all know that. Because raising an infant is really difficult. But when we arrive at a stage where we are oblige to raise an infant, we must face the consequence.  But being a parent you should really be their for your baby. We need to really build a relationship for the baby to grow up well. Even i was raised by a single mother, i am grateful and proud to say my mom really did a great job in raising me . because i never once thought of my mom not doing everything she can for my sake. I thank all the parents in the world who truly take care of their baby!

#love your parents

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Early Childhood

Pre-juvenile age starts at stopping at the age of about 3 for the human archaeological population whose weaning was about two to three years earlier than other great apes. Without full maternal care, pre-juvenile is forced to initiate. Without full maternal care and sufficient maturity, they need imaginary companions to provide comfort in times of stress, boredom, and loneliness, to help them make sense of the adult world, and to overcome traumatic experiences.  According to Jean Piaget, pre-juveniles start to use the language with proper syntax and grammar to express full concept. With the ability to describe, think, and express in the language with proper syntax and grammar, pre-juveniles start to have explicit theory of mind for complex occurrences. Explicit theory of mind allows pre-juveniles to understand other people’s attitudes and specialties and to coordinate with them. After weaning, pre-juveniles still highly depend on older individuals for food and protection until about age 6 or 7 years old. The Erikson’s ego crisis during pre-juvenile age is initiative versus frustration in this difficult period. Pre-juveniles minimize frustration by comforter and theory of mind to find the right older individuals to help them. Successful initiative with minimum frustration allows pre-juveniles to find the lifelong purpose as the Erikson’s virtue to live in ingroup.

Being in this stage is interesting. You still have a lot to learn about your surroundings . At this stage parents should teach the kid form whats right or wrong.  Don’t stop the kids from doing what they want because it can help them be more confident in life as they grow,  Parents should also observe their child and knowing their abilities as a child , because in this stage a child will learn their own abilities, and being a parent you should teach the child on how to improve and enhance their own ability.

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Middle Childhood

6 to 12 years old Industry vs. Inferiority School age child or juvenile age starts at losing the first baby tooth, and the major activity is to accomplish. Children before juvenile age cannot walk as efficiently as older people, so they cannot walk long distance to find foods for themselves in the hunter-gatherer society. By age six, the brain is 95% its adult weight and peak of energy consumption. Sufficient mental maturity allows juveniles to have regulated comforter with delayed enjoyment. As juveniles grow older, they understand the world through concrete rational thinking and categories. The learned capabilities are concepts attached to concrete situations. A juvenile must master concepts attached to concrete situations before moving to the next period. The Erikson’s ego crisis during juvenile age is industry versus inferiority. Sufficient learning and accomplishment in some adult tasks allow a juvenile to become industry in ingroup. Insufficient learning and accomplishment in adult tasks cause a juvenile to have inferiority. The Erikson’s virtue for lifelong capability is the competence to live in ingroup.

During this stage. For as long as i can remember was the funnest for me. why? because being a kid means playing outside and just having fun. We don’t think of financial problems or any problems at all. And at this stage we tend to have fun with our friends a lot. i remember back in the days. after waking up i would meet my friends in front of our house. But being a kid is not just always playing. Parents still need to teach kid some basic skills for them to grow up just fine.  Things should be balanced play time and priorities and allow kids to explore on their own to develop basic skills.

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Adolescence

In this stage the brain continuous to develop. Because there are 2 major brain growth spurts. First between 13 - 15 and the second one is from 17 - 19. Because puberty is accompanied by rapid growth spurt. Boys add more muscles and girls add more fat. In Adolescence comes sexuality. Because in this stage sexual activity has increased in recent decades. And the types of girls who are most likely to get pregnant, are those who were raised by a single parent, parents with low level or education and many more. In this stage their are various kinds of risky behaviors like, unprotected sex, drug use, and fast driving.  Eating disorders like Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are more common to girls than boys. Because girls tend to follow the the image of thin models and celebrities causes body-image distortion. 

For me Adolescence is the peak of our lives.  Because in Adolescence this is where we try lots of stuff and prone to vices. And at this stage we hit puberty and and at this stage we are mostly active to various activities. But we must never forget to balance the things that we are doing, and really think of doing things before we act.

#go with the flow

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Early Adulthood

Erickson proposed that young adults who fail to establish a stable relationship with an intimate partner or a network of friends becomes socially isolated.  And at this stage it consists of people form age 20-40. Levinson hypothesized that adult development involves alternating periods of stability and instability. Because this life structure  includes all the roles that a person occupies. And at this stage, people tend to create intimate relationships like getting married. And at this stage, marriage and divorce can occur. Married adults are happier, healthier, lives longer and have lower rates of psychological disorder. On the other hand divorce tends to increase young adults the risk of having depression and even commit suicide and etc. At this stage adults are at their peak both physical and mental self  from age 20  to 40. Adults here are mostly to have depression or anxiety and loneliness  than are middle-aged adults. And at this stage schizophrenia can usually be  diagnosed.

When i am on this stage in my life. I want to settle down with the women i love and spend the rest of my life with her. And before settling down i want to have a stable life . A house a good paying job for my future family.  Because i want to avoid being divorced and live a miserable life.

#enjoy the journey

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Middle Adulthood

Erickson's psychological stages. Middle adulthood is the " Generativity vs Stagnation ".  This refers to " making your mark " . The people in middle adulthood are composed of 40-65 years of age. In this stage people tend to create experience that can help other people and things that can last long. In this stage they are also active in doing community outreach and things that can benefit others. And we cant forget that in this stage Midlife crisis occurs.  Men and women can experience midlife crisis. But the effect of midlife crisis are different with men and women. Men focuses more on they success and women focuses more on their appearance.  But women are more sensitive when it comes to midlife crisis because, in this stage. Women will undergo menopausal stage.

I want my middle adulthood being able to spend all my time with my family. Because this stage is the last stage before you reach old age. And in this stage we are really prone on facing midlife crisis. That’s why if i ever get the chance to settle all the things i have before middle adulthood i would grab it because i don’t want my kids to suffer if i ever get to face midlife crisis.

#noregrets

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Late Adulthood

According to Erickson's psychological stages . From age 65 till death is when " integrity versus Despair" occurs. During this stages we consider and honestly accept that our individual self had lead a successful life. Erickson's definition of  EGO INTEGRITY is " the acceptance of one's and only life cycle as something that had to be". Having to live for 65+ years or so called "- senior citizens, our body will change like we are not capable of doing the things we used to be doing when we were around late 20's or early 30's and that’s the truth. And one fact about being in late adulthood is the Guilt, we feel guilty about our past for not doing the things i should have done. With guilt, it can lead and develop despair and despair leads to depression  and hopelessness.  On the other hand if your life was a success and you feel pleased and satisfied on the life you lived, that success turns to Wisdom. And can also accept death without worries. But we must never forget that people who are in this stage are more prone to memory loss with that memory loss it can lead to Alzheimer's disease and Dementia. In this stage all they can do is recall all the things they have done because they can't do what they usually do before.

Before i reach this stage . First i want to accomplish the things that i want to do in my life because i dont want to feel guilty by the time i am not able to do things lightly . And for my future kids i want to leave them without worries i want them to be settled down for good and have a wonderful time. Because being old you are limited to what your body is capable of doing..

#Old or Young we are still human