Virtual Child Program Case Study

The death of her grandmother, although a tragedy in her life, gave purpose to her lifestyle and this was relieving to her. The teenage girl maturing from a rebellious odd member of her family to an affectionate care-giving young lady is very much so a lesson well learned. After the good overcame the bad, she then noticed all of her wrong doings and problems. She may have put herself in most of the predicaments she was in, and it could be blamed on abusive parenting or the siblings that often mistreated her.

Signs that Anne’s maturing are happening everywhere in this entry. She accepts fault for her mom’s depression. She reads her pages with the subject “mummy”. She also Wants to apologize for what she’s done. She talks about her pages subjected mummy very sentimentally.

Lily’s insecurity is displayed through her actions in school when encountering the more popular girls, “I started picking scabs off my body and, when I didn’t have any, gnawing the flesh around my fingernails until I as a bleeding wreck” (Kidd 9). For instance, Lily’s act of shying away from others and picking at her scabs helped to emphasize her discomfort when people she considered her betters, in style at least, surrounding Lily and reminding her about her own less than satisfactory personal looks. Furthermore, her self-consciousness, along with her inborn daringness led her to run away from home, and take Rosaleen with her. In brief, the lack of parental guidance for Lily led her to be slightly unstable, and embarrassed about herself in general led her to run away from home, and the instability caused her to start stealing and lying.

3. Independent Life Skills (groups attended, practice in foster home) Pablo mentioned to his Cm that he is gaining a weight, CM asked if he is eating healthy food and if he’s is taking care of himself. Pablo needs to learn how to cook and get a healthy food from the grocery store, CM will help Pablo by going with him to the grocery store to show him what is good for him and how he can buy healthy food. CM explain to Pablo the benefits of eating healthy food for his overall health and his budget too.

Physical: Activities and age appropriate material will be instituted to encourage the child 's fine and gross motor skills. A broad spectrum of tasks, challenges, and curriculum will be introduced. Larger motor skills are developed through strength exercises including, but

Jeanette Walls in The Glass Castle grew up in an abnormal, unstable environment that she didn’t realize was odd until she was exposed more to the real world. What I love the most is that she told “her truth”. Not only did she do what’s best for her, but Jeannette came to an understanding of where her parents wanted to be. What makes me intrigued about these particular texts is that “coming of age” can have many different aspects and

Introduction As a mother of three school-aged children, I assumed this my virtual child project would be redundant. Naturally, I thought what could this project teach me about parenting that I did not already know. Consequently, as it turns out, there are a lot of things I did not know or wish I had known before I became a mom. I assumed the My Virtual Child project would be unrealistic and lacking in real life situations.

During this developmental interview, I chose to conduct an observation/interview study with my one of my cousin’s child. This child is a 4 year old girl and will be identified as “child K” in relation to her first name. Her parents had no problem letting me interview her, but I had them stay in the same room as us. The purpose of this interview was to observe the child’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. I observed her behavior and gave her several tests to show how well she has progressed.

She wants to act like a teenager but doesn’t want to grow up. She knows that growing up isn’t all what it’s cut out to be and decides in the end that she wants to take her time in growing up and getting

My Virtual child has been a great learning experience. Even though it did cover birth up until the age of 18 it nearly scratched the surface of what raising a child reaslly is. Raising children takes a financial, physical, and emotional toll on married couples or single prents. Although I did not have to wake up in the middle of the night to change diapers, physically take my child to the doctor, or even feed my child, I had to make impoirtant decisions for my childs well being which is a huge part of being a parent. This program taight me that raising a child takes huge responsibility.

The program touched on what would happen to a child mentally and not just physically. We learn a lot on how child develop in class but don’t really touch on how everything around them can affect them in a big way. For example, in the program I separated from my spouse for a while. The program went into how this was affecting my daughter and I got to later go into detail on

The way she reacts to violence seems almost childlike and it is apparent she has dealt with either an abusive relationship

The first session began with a snack and journaling. The journaling prompt this morning began with “if and when I raise children, I’ll never…” This was a really interesting topic for the children because they all had strong opinions about what they would or wouldn’t do if they ever have their own children. Many responses involved refraining from abusing their children, making sure their children do well in school, and always making sure their children feel wanted and loved in their home.

She is beginning to mature by being more polite and caring. For example, during Hanukkah, Anne got everyone presents. In scene three, Anne also offered her bed to Mr. Dussel when he came to hide with them. There are still things that make her less mature like when she gets scared in her dreams, she yells. The author states,”[Still in her nightmare] Save me!

She loves to dress up as a princess for all day. She loves to spend time in the Ballet and dance classes. This is what happened in stage 4 or Latency base on Freud’s theory. Children in this stage, prefer to play with children of the same gender. Their sexual drives are repressed.