http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/college-transition-and-identity-development/ Like a tree planted by the streams of living water Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/college-transition-and-identity-development/#comment-67 Erin Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:53:31 +0000 http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-67 Great thoughts, Journeyman! Thanks for your insight. I agree that we often limit our research or understanding on the young adult years to those who are in college which lends itself to a false understanding (or rather an incomplete understanding) of what goes on in those years. Great thoughts, Journeyman! Thanks for your insight. I agree that we often limit our research or understanding on the young adult years to those who are in college which lends itself to a false understanding (or rather an incomplete understanding) of what goes on in those years.

]]> http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/college-transition-and-identity-development/#comment-66 Journeyman Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:46:00 +0000 http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-66 Children often become their parents to a certain extent. Their core values, belief system and behavior parallel those which gave them security, nourishment and guidance their whole lives. Once they are out on their own, they are not saturated with their parent's involvement on a daily basis anymore. This, I believe, gives young adults a spiritual and emotional void that needs to be filled with something substantial that will be the foundation of their adult lives and how they carry out the commitment to the actions of their faith. Even those who don't go to college find themselves in the "real" world where they must navigate through many new relationships, alliances and other's opinions and beliefs that they must sort through to find their own core truth to which they will cling. By the time a young adult enters college, or the "real" world, they already have formed an identity. It is this identity that is the seedling of who they will be as an adult. Just like any other young, growing thing, their physical, emotional and spiritual health will depend on the nourishment and optimum conditions for growth that will be provided for them. Life is a transition filled with smaller transitions that connect who we are with God and the world as a living planet. Any one of life's smaller transitions not bearing fruit will result in the next transition going in the wrong direction reducing the potential for a favorable outcome. Children often become their parents to a certain extent. Their core values, belief system and behavior parallel those which gave them security, nourishment and guidance their whole lives. Once they are out on their own, they are not saturated with their parent’s involvement on a daily basis anymore. This, I believe, gives young adults a spiritual and emotional void that needs to be filled with something substantial that will be the foundation of their adult lives and how they carry out the commitment to the actions of their faith. Even those who don’t go to college find themselves in the “real” world where they must navigate through many new relationships, alliances and other’s opinions and beliefs that they must sort through to find their own core truth to which they will cling. By the time a young adult enters college, or the “real” world, they already have formed an identity. It is this identity that is the seedling of who they will be as an adult. Just like any other young, growing thing, their physical, emotional and spiritual health will depend on the nourishment and optimum conditions for growth that will be provided for them. Life is a transition filled with smaller transitions that connect who we are with God and the world as a living planet. Any one of life’s smaller transitions not bearing fruit will result in the next transition going in the wrong direction reducing the potential for a favorable outcome.

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