In other words, he uses the Piagetian method to examine the subrosa motivating factors that can split family businesses asunder. In the 2009 work written by Kaye and his son Nick, he continues the family business. Their book cuts right to the chase in terms of examining a basic business issue and family issue, that is, trust. Without it, financial, business and family planning is impossible. Indeed, one of the basic assumption that a parent makes is that the child can make their way in the world and that the parent can now relax a bit. Unfortunately, in today's world, many children have found themselves moving back in with the parents. This causes stresses in the parent and child relationship, especially as the parents grow closer to retirement. The subject of this study was very close at hand for Kaye Senior, that is, his son Nick. The freelance job he had ended and then his internet and cell phone service were cut off for nonpayment. The parents had to trust him that he was telling the truth. They bailed him out of course, and the...

The trust chapter explores why so much of this is fiduciary. Unfortunately, even our closest relationships seem to be based upon money but have underlying factors that take a psychologist to figure out.
To sum up, Piaget is as applicable as he was seventy years ago. Social scientists like the Kayes keep up this tradition. From babies to family business, our development is never ending and ongoing from cradle to grave. We are truly the sum total of our psychological parts and our responses may be infantile, but predictable. Piaget would be proud.

Works Cited:

Kaye, Kenneth. (1982). The Mental and social life of babies: how parents create persons.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ibid. (2005). The Dynamics of family business: building trust and resolving conflict.

Lincoln: iUniverse.

Ibid. And Kaye, Nick (2009). Trust Me: Helping Our Young Adults Financially.

Lincoln: iUniverse.