Stage one of Erickson’s development is trust vs mistrust. Defined by their parents without this trust in early stages the infant may grow to mistrust many people. Darrell explained that growing up they were poor, but not like todays definition of being below the federal poverty line, literally dirt poor. His mother and father grew tobacco and made moonshine to get by in Kentucky. If going off of this information its clear to see that what they were doing was indeed breaking the law, and anyone who took only a little glance into Darrell’s Madden life would think that Darrell Madden developed from this point in Erickson’s stage mistrust but that is not the case here. Darrell Madden when asked about his mother known as Hazel, but was affectionately known as memom was the mother of 12 kids Darrell being the oldest. Darrell explained there was a lot of us mom had to raise the kids and pick berries and keep up a garden because we didn’t have money, she made our clothes and never wasted a thing. My father, known by nickname of Effie was hardworking, Effie would take work when it could be found, moving us to follow work when he needed to. The information given to me by Darrell about his upbringing shows that not only did he trust his parents to do what they had to do to get by, but …show more content…
What did your mother and father tell you about their childhood?
My mother and father both had good childhoods from what they have told me, both of them came from farming families. Dad’s family of course made moonshine and tobacco, while my mom’s family were more traditional farmers. Mom also was trained to be a midwife and delivered in her lifetime more babies than I can count. I would even bet she delivered over 90% of the towns newborns from the time she was 17 till we moved away. Dad along with farming did a lot of fishing and hunting, there was no one who could shoot a gun like my father.
5. What did mother and father do most of their