My Virtual Child Report 2
My Virtual Child Report 2
Amber Adams
Karla Henderson
Child and Adolescent Development
October 2, 2013
My Virtual Child-Report 2-Early Childhood (Age 3-4)
1. What activities and experiences have you and your child engaged in
that might be promoting healthy behavioral practices and an interest
in physical activity?
Kaylee and I will sing songs together that she learns in preschool.
Kaylee is also watching educational TV. I explain to Kaylee how she
should act when out in public to avoid a tantrum. I will also answer
any questions that she might have. Kaylee and I will sometimes play
catch or basketball to improve on her physical activity.
2. Describe the development of your childs language and cognitive skills
and discuss how these might be affecting his or her interactions with
you and your responses?
When Kaylee was three, she was struggling with her language
skills. She was using two or three word sentences, but will
sometimes use gestures. Kaylee has been improving on her
language and cognitive skills a little at a time. With her watching
educational TV is helping her in these areas. She is able to tell a
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people, but slowly adjusts to the situation and gets over it.
Kaylee does get upset or frustrated when she cant communicate
something or doesnt get what she wants. Kaylee also tries to
please people around her.
7. Look for evidence of continuity as well as discontinuity in your childs
behavior from infancy through early childhood. Give an example of an
aspect of ability or personality that has remained fairly stable. Give an
example of an aspect of ability or personality that has been unstable.
Why do you think change occurred in one area and not the other?
Kaylee has always tried to please people around her. She is
starting to figure out how she should act when out in a public
setting. Kaylee will also cling to people, but is slowly growing out
of that phase. I think the reason why she is clingy to people and
shy is because she has had to attend different preschools and
she is meeting new people.
8. Your Virtual Child is growing up basically in an average American
cultural setting. Based on what you have learned from the course, how
specifically might your childs behavior be different if she was raised in
a different culture? Alternately, if you are familiar with a different
culture (e.g. you or your parents were raised in a country outside
America with very different cultures), you can describe how your
parenting or your childs behavior might be different within that
cultural setting. As a third option, describe and give examples of how
your parenting style, or and other aspect of your parenting, has been
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