Babies are born with distinct temperaments and basic capabilities. They undergo dramatic changes on the way to adulthood and growing (Erik, 1993). Erikson came up with some development stages that an individual has to undergo. Each stage is unique with its crisis that one must undergo, failure to which, he will struggle with the challenge in later development stages (William, 2011).

Erikson’s Stages of Development
At infancy, I totally depended on others for food affection and warmth. I blindly trusted parents and those who were around me. This stage assisted in the development of a secure attachment with parents and to the environment as well for the next stage.

As a toddler, I learnt how to talk, walk and how to use several things that were surrounding me. Self-confidence and control started developing at this stage in preparation for the next stage (Erik, 1993).

At early childhood, there was more engagement in social interaction with the people around. I learnt how to achieve balance between adventure and eagerness. I learnt how to be more responsible and control impulses.

At elementary and middle school years, I was more concentrated to school than anything else (William, 2011). This is where I underwent a transition from home to the world of peers.

In adolescence, this is the stage where I started discovering my real personality. I developed a strong sense of competence and self-control (Erik, 1993). This is where I solved my earlier conflicts in preparation for adulthood.

As a young adult, am now discovering many relations in my life am also creating very close relations that are leading into intimacy. This is preparing me for future commitments (William, 2011).

At middle adulthood, am expecting to spend most of my time parenting. I will need more time to nurture children and young adults to prepare the next generation.
At late adulthood, I will be reflecting on how successful my life will have been. At this stage, I will be able to willingly accept death as I will have done my part (William, 2011).

Agents of Socialization
The family as an agent of socialization was very important at infancy, toddler and early childhood stages of development. Without the family, I would have felt very much Isolated at these stages which would have affected my life at later stages.
The school was a very important agent at elementary and middle years. This is where the life of being treated as a group rather than individual began (William, 2011).

Peer groups were very instrumental at my adolescent years. They assisted me develop self-esteem and confidence as I was undergoing a transition to adulthood.
Mass media is very important for me as a young adult and in the other adulthood phases (Erik, 1993). This is because it influences views of different things like language, political views and thoughts.

Feral children
A feral child is a human child who has lived away from human contact from a very young age. He or she has little or no experience of human behaviors and social characteristics. They are as examples for young people whose socialization process has been stopped for various reasons. This is because they faced abandonment and trauma but still lived through the challenges to legends. They instill hope into other young children who may be facing abandonment (William, 2011).