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Running head: Toys and Reasons: Childhood and Society

Toys and Reasons: Childhood and Society
Erik Erikson
Bernadette Scott
11/04/2014

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Running head: Toys and Reasons: Childhood and Society

Abstract
Based on the different stages of life and in various aspects of human experiences. Is where
Erik Erikson explores the interplay between inner experience, social / political behavior, and critical decision making throughout life. These are particular actions that people are influenced by. Another key point is ritualization… he stated that it is a formalization of interplay , a rhyming in time, more like custom than ceremony (1985).Or another way to translate child’s play, it has become a training ground for the experiences of making imaginative choices, and games. Overall, this ritualizations is a developmental construction towards a child into a adult life experience.
Keywords: interpersonal, society, play, children, behavior

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Running head: Toys and Reasons: Childhood and Society

In this article Toys and Reasons, argues that play has an impact on moral development throughout life stages. In the early stages development children would play certain activities and games that has the power to influence their moral motions( guilt, empathy), behavior(sharing, self-regulation), and reasoning(distributive justice). The major point discuss is how their childhood plays become a dynamic force that lay behind the principled actions and creative achievements has a adult. Moreover, Erikson hypothesized that play had an impact on moral- emotional meaning that influence their adult rituals and moral behavior (1985).
The most interesting concept in this article present by noting the importance of selfexpression is a power of play. It is a way children to freely express their challenges, hurts, and desires in order to become a powerful element to seek opportunities and experiences. He speaks of this play represent is also known to be construction and symbolic in life history
(1985). That different groups educate their children in the ritual of that particular culture .
First, a child must be familiarized by the ritual. Then gain a sense of identity where they feel like they belong in their community.
To give a brief example of what Erikson