What are the strengths and weaknesses of the main sides of the issue as you see it?

This is a thought paper on Eriksons theory, I have to write that is due today. My instructions are to focus on a particular theme, current event, personal experience or issue raised by the topic, then give your own perspective of it. What is your thinking based on? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the main sides of the issue as you see it? What is your personal experience that is relevant to the issue?