Preschool and Mean Girls
I’m in personality psychology class right now and I felt the need to write this, ironically I had free time to spare.
Erik Erikson, a 20th century psychologist talked about different ego crises. The one I understood the most was the, “Initiative v. Guilt” stage (Waziri). After studying this it took me back to a particular incident from my childhood in preschool.
When I was 4 years old, I went to a Christian preschool (sadly). While I was there, I had befriended this girl named Macy. She was nice to me, but she had an attitude and was a bit of a prude for a 4 year old. I got invited to her birthday party, but when I wanted to invite her to my birthday party; my mom said she moved. I didn’t know at the time, that some of Macy’s mean girl attitudes had rubbed off on me.
Enter another little girl named Emily, who was sweet and innocent. For some reason, she angered me and here comes the worst part. I had poked her in the eyes with an object. I had gotten sent to the principal’s office and got sent home. Both my parents were pissed at my behavior, so I asked the question “Why” did I get in so much trouble. Erikson talked about the learning of purpose at this age.
Looking back now I realized I should have felt more guilty and now I do. I also realized how mean girls could be both verbally and physically. Emily would have been a great friend to have, had I had not been under Macy’s influence. Ironically, I would be the one getting bullied the next fifteen years of school. Karma is real people, be careful of your words and actions. Girls start being mean as young as the age of four and I’m sick of adults, especially teachers, not doing anything about it. End bullying before it’s too late and we lose another beautiful soul
Works Cited:
Waziri, Alexandra, Shereen, Grace, & Foibos. (2019, July 27). Erik Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development. Retrieved October 3, 2019, from https://www.psychologynoteshq.com/erikerikson/.
