The greatest part of our psychological growth occurs through social roles. When we take on a role with others, we inevitably receive feedback about who we are and how we perform and we internalize that feedback. When we take on many social roles, we absorb a wide range of such feedback and develop a broad sense of who we are and what we do well. A child takes on roles with parents, siblings, and peers and then broadens their sense of self through roles at school, in extracurricular activities, in social groups, etc. What is important in this process is that we internalize our sense of self through relationship ... (full story)