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Birth-1 year of age
Infant is totally dependent on caregivers.
If caregivers are regularly caring for their child, the child develops trust and trusts the world. If the caregivers are not regularly caring for their infant, mistrust develops.

Sam Dailey - I developed trust in my caregivers. They had always taken care of my needs as well as their own and it helped me develop the crucial skill of trusting the outside world, versus having a sense of uneasy mistrust of what the world offers.

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Early childhood
Children begin gaining some independence. Child is making decisions and living more autonomously.
Toilet training is a big developmental part of this stage. If the child is given confidence versus being criticized or punished for failing, the child will either create more autonomy or shaming and doubt in their own abilities.

Sam Dailey - As an only child, I developed autonomy relatively quickly. I had a sense of purpose and belief in my abilities as a growing child and my parents supported it wholesomely.

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Preschool years
Children begin to assert their power through social interactions and play.
Success in this stage gives the child a sense of purpose. Children who attempt to assert too much power experience guilt.

Sam Dailey - As an only child, I had to be creative in asserting power in specific social interactions because there simply weren't many as a young child. This stage fully developed once I started Kindergarten. At this stage, I was able to play with my peers and started to realize I genuinely liked people and learned I was overtly kind. I had little to no sense of guilt at this stage.

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Ages 5-11
Children develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments and abilities.
Children are expected to cope with academic  and social demands. Success in this results in competence, failure results in inferiority.

Sam Dailey - Academically, I always did my homework because my parents and grandparents were adamant about school and my grades in school. This helped develop a sense of pride that eventually became second nature for me because of the positive reinforcement by my peers and caregivers. I did experience a sense of inferiority as I was an introvert and had little to no close friends at this stage.

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Teenage years
Development of personal identity, influences behaviors, and further development throughout life.
Teens develop a sense of self and personal identity. Prior stage development affects the development of this stage, whether the individual has identity and knows truly who they are, or are confused and have no sense of purpose.

Sam Dailey - This stage was crucial for my development in my sense of identity. I had started to play football for my school. I had gotten really good and excelled at the sport that popularity and likeness became pivotal in my confidence and my sense of purpose. I had felt a sense of confidence in making a keeping close friendships.

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Early adulthood
Individual begins to form intimate and loving relationships with other people. Success in this results in well-rounded intimate person, and failure permits isolation and loneliness
This stage further develops the overall feeling of true love with another individual.

Sam Dailey - at this stage, I had started to form romantic relationships with my peers. I had a string sense of intimacy for most parts of my early adulthood. Although, at times when issues arise, I had a deep sense of loneliness and isolation.

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Prime adulthood
Adults have a sense of care or need to nurture things that will outlast their lifetime. Successful parenthood results in a positive feeling of usefulness and accomplishment, failure permits stagnation or low sense of purpose for the world.

Rita Dailey (mother) - She felt a sense of overwhelming love for a child. She had a strong caregiving skills and developed a sense of accomplishment by bringing another person into this life. This gave her a sense of generativity, although throughout her career she felt some stagnation.

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Elder / Old age
Individuals reflect back on their life's accomplishments and values. The feelings this creates involves a sense of despair or overall feeling of integrity and "success."

Geraldine Dailey (grandmother) - My grandmother has a string sense of worth. She is incredibly faithful to what she believes in and inspires me to chase like her. She sees many points of turmoil as opportunities to make a difference for her grandchildren. Teaching the difference between earthly accomplishments and heavenly deeds.