Five-year-old Lance often tells his older sister, "I can't wait to grow up, so I can marry mommy." Lance is most likely in the stage of personality development that Freud referred to as the:

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Freud's psychosexual theory proposes that during the phallic stage (ages 3-6), children develop a strong attachment to the opposite-sex parent and experience the Oedipus or Electra complex. This involves a desire to possess the parent of the opposite sex and to compete with the same-sex parent for their affection. Lance's desire to marry his mother suggests that he may be experiencing the Oedipus complex.

Five-Year-Old Lance Often Tells His Older Sister, "I Can't Wait