Just trusting that the ones taking care of you are doing a good job at making sure you stay alive.

I trusted that my parents would feed and change me

"Human babies depend on others for food, protection, and their very lives for a far longer period than the young of most other mammals" (Mcgraw-Hill 150).

You start to make your own decisions and realize that you can control yourself. Start to feel like your actions matter.

I decided not to clean up and got put in timeout.

"toddlers begin to substitute their own judgement for their caregivers" (McGraw-Hill 156).

Figuring out that while you can do whatever you choose to do, doing whatever you want is not the best decision

I once colored myself in blue marker so that I could match my colts jersey.

"Preschool children can do-and want to do-more and more" (McGraw-Hill 210).

You want to prove that you're awesome or the best at something, you never want to be left out.

I remember wanting to be the smartest kid in my class and get the highest test scores.

"If children are unable to obtain the praise of others or lack of motivation and self-esteem, they may develop a feeling of low self-worth and thus develop a feeling of inferiority" (McGraw-Hill 275).

When you aren't 100% sure of yourself and need to succumb to social norms so you can feel whole again.

I grew up being one kind of person and that wasn't the "cool" kind, I desperately wanted to be "cool" but also wanted to stay being myself.

"...confront the crisis of identity versus identity confusion in order to become a unique adult with a coherent sense of self and a valued role in society" (McGraw-Hill 336).

You want someone else to see you for how awesome you see yourself and think a relationship will make you feel fulfilled.

I want to find the woman I am eventually going to marry

"Person seeks to make commitments to others or may suffer from isolation and self-absorption"(McGraw-Hill 4).

You're more focused on the good of the youth rather than the good of yourself.

I will make sure that my kids learn things at a younger age than I did.

"Mature adult is concerned with establishing and guiding the next generation or else feels personal impoverishment"(McGraw-Hill 4).

You either look back on your life happy or sad, you either know that you accomplished your dreams or want to go back and change it all.

I will look back on my life and be happy of all I accomplished.

"Elderly person achieves acceptance of own life, allowing acceptance of death, or else despairs over inability to relive life"(McGraw-Hill 4).