A 5 year old daughter ask her mother about sex. Her mother responds "oh now why would someone your age want to know something like sex? Now please get out of my way & go play". According to Erickson stages of psychosocial development, this type of response will directly increase the child’s Guilt Ericksons stages of initiative vs guilt demonstrates the need for children’s curiosity to be encouraged & not invalidated & squelched. Mistrust is the first stage (up to 1), stagnation refers to middle age & despair refers to the last stage of psychosocial development