When children continue to be anxious and not live up to their potential, then they remain in the second stage—they have failed to adequately resolve the crisis. A portion of their energy will be devoted to dealing with the unresolved issues relating to the crisis. This leaves them less energy to deal with life and with future crises. They will be increasingly vulnerable to stress, and they will feel bad about their inability to cope. As we said before, crises are additive. Experience with uncontrollable