If the proper care is not provided to the infant or the adult, then there is a state of mistrust. ... Erikson calls this in his third stage of development; "Initiative vs. guilt ". ... Erikson calls this fifth stage as iIdentity vs. identity confusion. ... The care plan should also deal with the remaining stages of development that Erikson talked about in his book: "intimacy vs. isolation"," "generatively vs. stagnation"," "integrity vs. despair."" ... Flexibility comes into play when having to possibly do things differently than the original plan. ...

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This is because the parents spend even less attention to the youngest child than the middle one, and hence, he/she receives very little discipline, but follows others as the rest of the members of the family boss him/her around. ... The fourth stage, industry vs inferiority, is when one starts attending school. ... Back then, I was the kind of child who was expected to get 90s in English, Math and Science, with 80s expected in the rest. ... As they were the main driving force behind his work, he fell behind and from then on, has had a very bad attitude towards school and work. ...

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