Explore your own development, and discuss how culture - societal and/or familial - has impacted your course of development (past and on-going). Your completed paper should be 4-8 pages long, and the organization should be based on the following:
1st section: Provide brief introduction; summarize family structure, birth order, relevant challenges and significant life events from early years.
2nd section: Identify & describe: personal group membership; messages received about race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, and health; relationship formations and other significant life events in middle childhood and adolescence.
3rd section: Summarize current developmental stage and life status, and how cultural issues addressed in previous sections have impacted your development; reflect on how this assignment has affected your view of self and others.