ALEXIA JEWEL DAWIS LEONOR
In the dawn of February 5, 1993, the first little angel of the Leonor -Dawis family was born; she was named after the movie Knights of the Jewel, and where in the main character is Alexia.
My early years are one of the best descriptions of what and who I am now. Not surprisingly, the most significant relationship is with the maternal parent, or whoever is our most significant and constant caregiver. My infant days was characterize by a loving, warm and caring environment since I
was the only baby girl. I have all the attention, so I guess I trust those people around me, I am in the stage of TRUST. Then as I grew up in the age of 2 to 3 I was able to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence. I was taught how to be toilet trained. I have my potty where I do my thing. I have 2 of it according to my mom, for “pee” and for “poo”. During this stage I learn to master skills for MYSELF. Not only I learn to walk, talk and feed myself, I had learned finer motor development as well as the much appreciated toilet training. Here I had the opportunity to build self-esteem and autonomy as I gain more control over my body and acquire new skills, learning right from wrong. In the age of 5 I was an explorer, I was the naughty angel of the family. I learned how to control and power over the environment. During this period I had experienced desire to copy the adults around me and take initiative in creating play situations. In the age of 6 to 12, when I was opened to the real world of learning and I have the initiative to go with my social vibes with friends I was able to cope with new social and academic demands. I learned how to jive my moods with other people. As the world expands a bit, my significant relationship is with the school and neighborhood. Parents are no longer the complete authorities they once were, although they are still important. I developed the sense of industry. In the age of 13 up to now, I am already a teen! I am learning how to deal with more complex things around me. I was able to develop a sense of self and personal identity. As a teenager, I am dealing with lots of emotional highs and lows. One minute I might feel great, and the next I feel sad and tearful. Being human is an emotional experience -- we all have our moments of happiness, sadness, anger, depression, anxiety and a host of others feelings. How do we deal with those emotions? Why are some feelings harder to handle than others? As I step into college, I learned how to doubt everything, because it was a new environment for me. Life is definitely getting more complex as I attempt to find my own identity, struggle with social interactions, and grapple with moral issues.
"It is human to have a long childhood; it is civilized to have an even longer childhood. Long childhood makes a technical and mental virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a life-long residue of emotional immaturity in him."
— Erik Homburger Erikson (1902-1994)
