For her, childhood was the period during which each child could become its 'real self', the endpoint of personality development. ... In contrast to Freud's view that the parental role facilitated children through psychosexual stages of development, instead she espoused a view that positive parenting was needed to facilitate the development of the child's 'real self' by nurturing a feeling of belonging in the child. ... After the age of five, a critical period in childhood, he believed a child's internal working model of relationships is resistant to change....

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A healthy and strong mate who could provide and protect herself and their child would ensure its survival making them choosier in their choice of mate and so less promiscuous then males. ... The media, social relations, work and rules of institutions all seem to have ideas about what is and what is not appropriate behaviour for both genders, these play a very big part of our lives and social constructivists believe have a very big influence on us when constructing our identities and also what paths we take in life, from career making decisions , personal relationships to child rearing and ...

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