Reflection Paper On Adult Development

Adult Observation Two Report On April 10, 2016, I took the time to contact my older sister Marquita Blacklock. My sister is a thirty-two year old woman that currently only has one child. She currently lives in Duncanville, Texas. I asked her a series of questions pertaining to her development through her early adulthood. The first question that I asked my sister was, do you feel you are an adult? Her obvious answer was yes; however, she did not feel she was an adult until she turned twenty-one years of age (Santrock 2014, p. 297). She stated, “At that age of eighteen when you are legally considered an adult, I didn’t consider myself as an adult yet because my parents were still doing a lot of things for me financially.” When she turned twenty-one,

She stated, “For me it was trying not to depend on my parents.” I and Marquita were both different when we left home for the first time (Santrock 2014,p. 298). The hardest thing for me was adapting to a new environment. She said she did not want to depend on her parents as much because she was the oldest of my siblings and she felt like she had to be independent responsible sibling. Our parents pretty much acted the same each time when one of my siblings would move out of the house. Marquita said, “For my parents, it was how she is going to deal with a child not being home for us to help.” There were three kids in our household, and when one moved out, that was one less person to help around the house. So our parents would always become temporary saddened to see one of their children go away. Marquita describes her relationship with her parents as a normal loving relationship. I would say the same for me and all of my siblings. We love our parents dearly and appreciate how they have guided our decisions and how they have helped us

She seemed furthermore mature that I did. That was probably due to her being eleven years older than me. Marquita describes her identity as outgoing person (Santrock 2014,p. 296). She feels like her identity has changed positively. She feels as she has transformed from a non-focused kid to a priorities first type of adult. She thinks she has a pretty good overall sense of identity. My sister has career that she really enjoys (Santrock 2014, p. 312). She works for the family business that we have. She wants to continue out working there and hopefully have her son carry out the family business. Personally, I was not really sure if she should work for the family because that can cause altercations that you would not want to occur with family. Marquita is very foundational when it comes to her faith now. She always refers to her ground morals that she was taught when she was kid growing up. Her grandmother really instilled faith in her life growing up. I know now when I attend church, a lot of older members recognize me and speak to me because I am my grandmother’s grandson. Same applies for