How did Erik Erikson raise his children?

He was raised for a time by his mother before she remarried. Erikson felt that his stepfather never accepted him fully as Erikson himself accepted his own daughters. This led Erikson to explore how children socialise and how that socialisation process affects the sense of self. Interestingly, it's urban myth that Erikson was trained by Freud. read more

Erik Erikson is best-known for his famous theory of psychosocial development and the concept of the identity crisis. His theories marked an important shift in thinking on personality; instead of focusing simply on early childhood events, his psychosocial theory looks at how social influences contribute to our personalities throughout our entire lifespans. read more

Erik Erikson was a psychologist who did most of his work in the post-Freudian era, in the 1930s to the 1950s. read more