Examples Of Trust And Mistrust

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Trust versus Mistrust is the first stage in Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. This stage begins at birth and lasts through one year’s old. How does this theory work when it comes to the forming of trust and mistrust? Does it take one time to form a mistrust between child and parent? Does a child trusts its parents the first time the parent comes when the child cries, is it an automatic trust? Trust and mistrust the foundation of how the relationship between parent or guardian with child or a child with a person of authority also seen as a caregiver. In Erik Erikson’s theory of Trust versus Mistrust is infants learn to trust their caregivers will meet their basic needs, and infants learn to mistrust their caregivers when their basic …show more content…

My mother had me at eighteen she went to school and worked so she was only home for a few hours to be with me. The trust was established when I realized that no matter how much she had to work and go to school, she always came home. I am pretty sure that she was there to meet my basic needs in the beginning, but eventually she had to go back to work and school. So, I was mostly with my grandmother however, I trust my mother with whole heartedly. The trust between me and my mom I believe is a part of that unbreakable bond that a parent has with their child. However, my father was around and met my basic needs, but he lost my trust when I was six and he had a baby with another woman and didn't come around to see me and when my mom would take me over to his house he would pretty much ignore me. I still love him and to be honest I will trust him because he is my father and I am sure we will never let any harm happen to me. Trust is earned and can be damaged however with a parent there is always going to be that bond that make you trust them because they are supposed to want what is best for …show more content…

During this time children are testing their limits. Children who don’t have autonomy and initiative as a child will grow up to be dependent. Around this age my mom told me that I was a busy body, I use to climb on everything and get into all types of products such as, baby powder. There were times when I would be doing something that I was not supposed to and I would get reprimanded for it but, there were also times that my mom would let me have the freewill to climb on furniture so I can learn the consequences that come with it. Like there was this one time when we were at home and I was climbing on some boxes after my mom told me not to but I did it anyways and I fell face first and my tooth went right threw my bottom lip. My family never shamed me for being a tomboy or never wanting to play with

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