Running head: CHILDHOOD 1
Developmental Analysis Part
1 Jon Skeens
HSCO 502-D13 LUO
Dr. Jim Seward
December 9th, 2017
CHILDHOOD 2
Personal Introduction of Childhood-Adolescence
I have very vivid memories of my early childhood all the way back to age 4. There was one
moment that I believe set this reference point in my mind forever, and that moment was the first
time I saw my dad hit my mom. My parents divorced when I was 4 and my sister was 2. When I
was 5 years old my mom had to leave us alone at night to go to work and I remember those
nights as being scared and being alone. My dad never really took much interest in my life as a
child as he moved to Virginia shortly after the divorce. We went from being rich to living in
government housing within 2 years and eating pancakes or milk spaghetti every night for at least
a year. I grew up in the projects in Akron, Ohio and was introduced to all kinds of experiences
at a young age. Growing up where I did I was exposed to many different cultures and ethnicities
as well and at 10 years old was when I had my first sexual experiences with girls. Every day was
a fight for survival for me because I was one of the only white kids in the neighborhood. I was
bullied, intimidated and beat up quite a bit, but somehow through all of this I made it. My mom
remarried when I was 11 and we moved to a much nicer city but damage had been done. I
struggled through my adolescence with my identity, not knowing who I really was or where I fit
in, something I still struggle with to this day. I never did drugs, I never smoked and I don’t
drink. I was raised a Catholic but denounced those teachings fairly early and I literally hid from
God as a child. But I always knew He was there with me, in fact I know He was the one who
