Stability can be defined as someone or something being comfortable or stable within their environment. A stability issue for a child could be an example of an 18 month-year-old child who is enrolled in a daycare. The child attends daycare every day and is comfortable with seeing his or her teachers and friends, but begins to cry when they see an unfamiliar face and begins to runs to one of their teachers. This is what some people call a stranger danger phase. It’s when a child is uncomfortable with seeing or interacting with new people, which can cause the child to have a stability issue. According to Santrock (2013), “Stability is due to heredity and possibly early experiences in which the infant or young child encountered considerable stress when interacting with people.” If a child has stranger danger, then there is a possibility that when the child gets into grade school they will be more likely shy towards everyone. …show more content…
Some children can adapt to change and some cannot, it can also go the same way when they become adults. For example, when a child is used to having training wheels on their bike and their parents think it’s time for the child to ride the bike without training wheels. This can cause a developmental change because the child believes that he or she can’t ride their bike without training wheels or else they will fall. This can be a problem as they become an adult because they wouldn’t be able to adapt to change well. This may cause them to adjust to the same routine because they like how things are or they will be worried about the outcome of something throughout their whole life. For example, if someone has been working at their job for many years and the company decides to change their policy, which also affects how the person performs their job. This will cause an issue because the person was comfortable with how they were doing things, and they don’t agree with the company's