Child Abuse In Will's Childhood

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Child abuse can be very impactful in a child's transition into young adulthood. Because Will experienced child abuse from his foster father he has a difficult time forming lasting emotional relationships with others. This can be seen through his relationship with Skylar. Will began to form a very loving and passionate relationship with Skylar, However once she asked to him to come with her to California he refused to go because of his fear of abandonment. many traits defining Will’s childhood can be connected to Erikson's eight stages of life. For example, Erikson's theory states that for birth to 18 months, children need to develop a sense of trust for their caregivers. In Will's case he might not have been able to create trusting relationships …show more content…
However coming from an abusive family Will was not able to take control of his environment which leads to disapproval and a feeling of guilt. His poor educational and career choices may have have also been a result of his abusive past. Because he was not able to create loving passionate relationships he found himself within a group of friends that did not compliment his talents. This led Will to become a delinquent and made it difficult for him to pursue a good education. This led to Will having a lower middle class job as a construction worker. At one part of the movie Wills friend Chuckie tells him that he wishes he had the genius level intelligence of Will, and that the best part of his day is when he is picking up Will for work and hoping that he isn't there because he is pursuing a better …show more content…
Wills main relationships within the movie are is girlfriend Skylar, his therapist Sean Maguire and his best friend Chuckie. The costs of Will’s relationship with Skylar are that he is worried she will abandon him. Another cost of the relationship is that Will states that he is afraid of taking their relationship to the next level because she seemed so perfect and he didn't want to ruin it. Another important relationship Will has within the movie is his relationship with his therapist Sean Maguire. There are many benefits that Will can take from this relationship. Will finds it very easy to relate to Sean because of their similar upbringings, they are both being from South Boston, and both had abusive upbringings. Will was also able to open up to Sean better than his other therapists because they shared similar interests in things such as; weightlifting reading and baseball. The cost of their relationship was that at times Sean needed to discuss topics Will was not very comfortable with like when he told Will that he child abuse wasn't his fault, this made Will very emotional and at first very angry at
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