I'm a big kid now!! It's very exciting to witness firsthand the stages of human development I've learned about! Allison is right on point for going through what Erikson considers the Initiative vs. Guilt stage. This stage describes when a child is trying to gain independence and then often is too forceful about this, thus leading to guilty feelings! So true! It makes sense why this cycle continues until they can really meet the demands of learning and becoming a competent student/child. I am a big subscriber to phsychosocial theories. I believe in them wholeheartedly and feel like I am of the montessori mindset because I love letting Allison do what she is developmentally ready for. In the schools, there is minimal focus on what each child's readiness levels are. She is quite independent, mostly because I usually have the time to wait for her to do something on her own even if it takes a long time. If I had other children I wouldn't be as apt to ...