Parents/guardians are likely to influence long-term plans for their children. One of her students, named Callie Roberts, was encouraged by her mother to drop out of high school and attend a parenting class, due to her pregnancy. The two brothers in her class had a grandmother who pulled them out of school because she didn't believe getting an education was important. The students were considered to be in Erikson's stage 5 of psychosocial development “Identity vs. role confusion” since they were not used to being in a structured classroom and following rules, they had to “adapt” to a new environment in their