... of childhood development that occur within one culture, mainly deviations in parenting practices. According to Freud, children are effected by the different attitudes of their parents towards early bowel training, masturbation, prohibition and other sexual activity (Brown, 1976). A parent who treats their child's sexual activity as exceptional, curious, or perverted may cause problems in their child's development, while on the other ... ...

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... and the outside. The anal stage is associated with expelling things, with learning boundaries between inside and outside. The phallic stage leads a child to the gateway of adult sexuality (genital masturbation). Freud emphasizes the fact that, during the phallic stage, there is no distinction of any kind between the penis and the clitoris as this stage is common to boys and ... ...

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