Relationship with Parents

My parents are the two most important people in life. I would be nowhere in my life without them. They had taken care of me when I couldn’t take care of myself. They protected me from danger all my life. Even though at this age, where I am a freshman in college and beginning to separate from them. I still look up to them for advice and confide in them for troubles. One of the most crucial factors as to how I have developed as a person was the individuation stage. Fundamental processes from childhood to adult hood that allows the child to form his own self identity that separates himself from his parents but still connected for advice and psychological guidance. The infantile attachment from the parents is key to form in the child’s decision making abilities. This is the dynamic honing of the feeling of self is separated and unique from parents. During my younger years my parents would always watch over me and try to guid during my younger years my parents would always watch over me and try to make every decision for me. But as the years pass by and my teen years had come about, I noticed that they gave me a bit more independence and would allow me to create my own decisions but not leaving their advice on it. As they sent me away for college, I truly felt the sense of individuation. This is when self-assertion had occurred and I was able to accept the responsibility that my parents had given me. My mutuality was my effort to understand my parents views. The permeability is my willingness to accommodate their views. Despite being my own individual it was important for me to listen to their advice especially for an unfamiliar environment like college.