"babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them;" Does anyone know what he meant?
2007-03-07 13:52:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Basically he's saying that children mold the household as much as parents do.
It's kind of like how most people think that parents set the rules in the household and everyone follows their schedules, but when a baby is born the parents loose that format and then the baby is in control.
The baby cries, so we stop everything and run to him.
He says he's hungry, even though its no where near dinnertime, we make him food.
He wants to watch barney, so we shut off oprah and put on barney.
The second thing that Eriksson is alluding to is the fact that Children can greatly mold the emotional growth of adults. A childs actions, words, and thought patterns can greatly affect what us as adults choose to do.
I hope this helps.
2007-03-07 14:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by scromlette213 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, in my opinion. A baby is born a pure innocent being. They can't talk, walk or communicate other than crying. A family has to learn how to communicate with this being. They have to learn what the needs are of this baby by studying him. They have to tend to his beck and call anytime he cries. Parents have to adjust to their babies schedules, not the other way around.
So even though as adults, you think you are in control, when you have a baby, you lose that control to a certain extent and pretty much cater to the needs of the child. They learn a lot from the baby and sometimes even change the way they live their lives for that baby. The baby controls them so to speak.
But eventually, they get older, they get taught right from wrong and parents regain control again (to an extent).
2007-03-07 13:58:48 · answer #2 · answered by Deu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not by that quote, but i know his main theories were also on development, he thought there are eight stages of life, and in each you make an important decision:
trust vs. mistrust
autonomy vs. shame and doubt
initiative vs. guilt
industry vs. inferiority
identity vs. identity confusion
intimacy vs. isolation
generativity vs. self-absorpbtion
integrity vs. despair
2007-03-07 14:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by redundantredundancy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Piaget knew better.
2007-03-07 14:15:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋