Normative DevelopmentalNORMATIVE Perspectives of Red Riding Hood

Little Red knew exactly what her mother wanted since she had gone along to Grandma’s house many times before. Being in the phallic stage, Little Red was always modeling her mother’s behavior. As Little Red skipped along the path, a big, but not too bad looking, wolf approached her and asked, “Where are you going?” Not yet into logical thinking about the dangers of playing with a wolf, Little Red decided to create …

…may have. I would use play to role model the adult behavior of a father to a little girl. With Goldilocks, I understand that in this period of rebellion, and need for independence; his perspective must be taken into account. As an adolescent, Goldilocks has “concern for the future”. I would focus on utilizing Goldilocks strengths, such as logical problem solving, to provide attainable goals which would put him on the road to social competence.