Week One Blog Post By Miles O'Brien

The reading for Chapter 1: An Introduction to Lifespan Development outlined the changing views and perspectives of someone’s life as they age all the way through adulthood and handling the aging process. As I read I was able to describe Lifespan development as a study of how our bodies change over the course of our lives. Table 1.1 on page 8 outlined the “Developmental Periods of the Lifespan” very well for the reader to understand. I was able to study and comprehend the periods from Prenatal all the way to late adulthood. The changing views of childhood are heavily influenced by the factors that they grew up in socially and economically as described on page 9. These two factors shape the child’s development into later periods of their lives. . “Children today are seen as complex individuals who develop subject to the interaction of many external and internal factors” (pg 23). This quote allowed me to make the connection between how lifespan views change over the years of growth.  Growing up in Oak Lawn, Illinois, I was very thankful to grow up smack dab in the center of Middle Class. Both my parents were in the Marine Corps, so with a combination of their beliefs and mores, I was and still am very thankful for the person they have made me into today. Culture also plays an important role in how the views of lifespan change. Different cultures can be seen to develop slower or faster based on where the person grows up. This brings up a major issue with lifespan development and understanding it.
              The Mobuis strip as described by Mr. Parker is a relationship between our outer and inner lives. It is believed that over time it begins to deteriorate. Stage two reveals a wall of separation of who we really are and how we really thing. I can relate to this stage especially recollecting my years I high school of not wanting to express my individuality due to the fear of being judged or made fun of. “That way of life can become very painful,” Parker described as he pointed out how consistently living like that can cause inner destruction. Creating a relationship between both the inner and outer life can create unity within yourself. This circle can cause you to only relate and except people that think like you and act like you. Parker describes a way in which one creates a Mobius strip that co-creates your backstage life with your on-stage life that shows all of your true colors.

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