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Ken was born
Ken was born on December 25, 1978. Unfortunately, Ken's mother is an alcoholic and she barely spent time at home with Ken since he was born. In Erikson's first stage, the developmental challenge is trust versus mistrust. If the infant is cared for, the infant trusts that he or she is getting the attention and living in a safe and secured place. If the infant is not being well-cared for, the infant has the sense of mistrust people around them and doubt that if the life is worth living. -
Adolescent
Ken turned 16 years old. He started hanging out with his older friends at school and he started drinking alcohol often socially, even though he was still underage. He was diagnosed with alcoholism later in his adolescent age. In Erikson's fifth stage, with the challenge of identity versus identity confusion, adolescents must be aware of their identity and their surrounding. For those who fail to accomplish this, they would ended up having identity confusion. -
Young Adulthood
Ken (age 30) and Olivia married. Ken first met Olivia at the ABC Alcohol Treatment Center in Seattle in 2006 when both of them were suffering from alcoholism. They supported each other throughout the hardship and they decided to share the rest of their life together 3 years later. In Erikson's sixth stage, intimacy versus isolation, the challenge for young adults is between committing to relationships (intimacy) or isolating themselves from building intimate relationships with others. -
Middle Adulthood
Ken turns 55 years old and going to be retired from being a carpenter in couple years. He always volunteers at the sobering center hoping to inspire others to pursue sobriety life. In Erikson's seventh stage, it involves generavity versus stagnation. The generative person is concentrate on contributing to the well-being of the society and community, such as volunteering at charity places and taking care of grandchildren. A person who focuses on his or her own needs results in stagnation.
