LIFE SPAN STAGES

> Pre-natal Period - conception to birth

> Infancy - birth to two weeks

> Babyhood - 2 weeks to 2 years

> Early Childhood - 2 to 6 years

> Late Childhood - 6 to 10(f)/12(m) years

> Preadolescence/Puberty - 10(f)/12(m) to 13(f)/14(m) years

> Adolescence - 13/14 to 18 years

> Early Adulthood - 18 to 35 years

> Middle adulthood - 35 to 65 years

> Late Adulthood/Senescence - 65 years to death


HAVINGURST's DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS DURING LIFE SPAN

> BABYHOOD AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
- learning to take food
- learning to walk
- learning to talk
- learning to control the elimination of body wastes
- learning sex differences and sexual modesty
- getting ready to read
- learning to distinguish right from wrong

> LATE CHILDHOOD
- learning physical skills necessary for ordinary games
- building a wholesome attitude toward oneself as a growing organism
- learning to get along with peers
- beginning to develop masculine/feminine social roles
- developing fundamental skills in reading, writing and calculating
- developing concepts for daily living
- developing a sense of morality and a scale of values
- achieving personal independence

> ADOLESCENCE
- achieving new and more mature relations with peers
- achieving a masculine/feminine social role
- accepting one's physique
- achieving socially responsible behavior
- achieving emotional independence from parents
- preparing for an economic career
- preparing for marriage and family life
- developing an ideology

> EARLY ADULTHOOD
- getting started in an occupation
- selecting a mate
- learning to live with a marriage partnet
- starting a family
- rearing children
- managing a home
- taking on civic responsibility
- finding a congenial social group

> MIDDLE AGE
- achieving adult civic and social responsibility
- assisting teenage children to become responsible and happy adults
- developing adult leisure time activities
- relating oneself to one's spouse as a person
- accepting and adjusting to the physiological changes of middle age
- adjusting to aging parents

> OLD AGE
- adjusting to decreasing physical strength and health
- adjusting to retirement and reduced income
- adjusting to death of spouse
- establishing an explicit affiliation with members of one's age group
- establishing satisfactory living arrangements
- adapting to social roles in a flexible way

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source: Developmental Psychology (Adelaida Ginez)

A friend asked me last night why I use so many different names on the internet. The answer is fairly simple... I have a tendency to make a lot of stupid/embarrassing mistakes on the internet. Using only one name for everything just makes it easier for others to locate those mistakes. And besides... It's just not safe.

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My brother attended my graduation in lieu of my parents. He sought out his former batchmate because he still has "a hard time believing he'd actually return to this school and become a teacher". I'm not sure what to make of that. Anyway, the whole thing was pretty boring, though I did love the speeches.

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Here are a bunch of nice quotes I got from GoodReads.com

> "If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary."
— David Sedaris (Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays)

> "The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you."
— Rita Mae Brown

> "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
— Mark Twain

> "Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car."
— Garrison Keillor

> "Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
— Mark Twain

> "The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families."
— Jay McInerney (The Last of the Savages)

> "Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake."
— Jon Stewart

> "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."
— Charles M. Schulz

> "There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
— Oscar Levant

> "Reality continues to ruin my life."
— Bill Watterson

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... scary-nice is now officially a fan of David Sedaris...