Children’s Picture Book Series on Exploring Children’s Development of a Balanced Identity

Abstract

This paper elaborates the project of creating picture-book stories for two to five years old of Indonesian children, which highlight the issue of identity development in children. Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development will be the theoretical framework of this paper. In the first and second story, the main characters pass through the crisis of autonomy versus shame and doubt. They have strict and overprotective parents that caused them to doubt themselves. However, by believing in themselves and taking an action, they passed the crisis and developed a balanced identity. In the third, fourth, and fifth story, the main characters pass through the crisis of initiative versus guilt. They learn to be honest, to forgive, and to let go. Each action has its own risk, but by taking the initiative to do the right thing, they passed the crisis successfully and formed a balanced identity.Keywords: children picture-books, children development, psychosocial development, autonomy vs shame and doubt, initiative vs guilt, balanced identity

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“…Overprotective parents might further deprive their children of developing social skills, adding to feelings of loneliness (Halston et al, 2019). Rawiadji and Limanta (2021) have shown that the overprotective behavior of parents strengthens the sense of shame in children and prevents them from socializing and making friends. Also, overprotective parents stimulate perfectionism in their children (Casale et al, 2023) and perfectionism predicts loneliness in the future (Kıral & Çavuş, 2017), demonstrating the negative socio-emotional effects of overprotection.…”