One of the toys to which I have most prominent memories for me was an airplane-shaped tricycle. My mom told me that I had it since the day I was born, but I only started playing with it, after I was able to walk alone and cycle on my own. This autonomy indicates that I used this toy in the Autonomy X Shame and Doubt stage that happens between two years of age. This toy spent years with me and I loved cycling down the street with it.
One of the toys to which I have most prominent memories for me was an airplane-shaped tricycle. My mom told me that I had it since the day I was born, but I only started playing with it, after I was able to walk alone and cycle on my own. This autonomy indicates that I used this toy in the Autonomy X Shame and Doubt stage that happens between two years of age. This toy spent years with me and I loved cycling down the street with it.
I also had several types of lego, building blocks and geometric shaped toys, which encouraged me to use my imagination and play alone according to what I understood. This phase is also part of the Autonomia X Vergonha stage.
Over time, I started to enjoy playing with dolls, all dolls should have boyfriends and many of them were even married in my imagination, where I created great love stories between toy couples. This phase is part of the Initiative X Guilt stage, because I was aware of sexual differences and relationships between men and women.
I also owned many dollhouses where each character in my story played a role according to what I believed to be the roles assigned to men and women to assume within a home. It also indicates that I was in the Initiative X Guilt stage.
