My Virtual Child
The behavior of A Child with 2 ½ Year
There are environmental events that I think are affecting my child’s behavior. These events have influenced my child’s behavior because my child can play to anyone in the homestead. He is social to everybody he meets in the homestead, even the pets in the house. Frequently playing with him and holding his hands have developed a strong rapport and bond between him and me because he comes to me if anything happens to him. My relationship and respect with my spouse have helped him develop a behavior of valuing others. Medical routine checkups have helped my child grow and develop as expected. These routines have helped me develop my child’s behavior due to the frequent talks I get from the doctor about my child’s concerns. My child’s behavior is mostly affected by the environment he lives in and the encounters he comes across.
My child has positive progress in household rules, and I have helped him adapt to the house environment. I have helped him cope with nightmares and thump-sucking, which is common behavior with children of his age. The strong relationship between him and me has developed a sense of listening to me and teaching him new words, for instance, pronouncing some words. He has self-control because he recognizes the bad deeds and good deeds. He can also recognize dangerous substances like fire and hot substances. He also has a good relationship with the neighboring children because he gets time to play with them.
I have relied on two principle theories in making my parenting choice and interpreting my child’s behavior. These theories are piglet’s cognitive development stages and Ainsworth’s attachment stages. Piaget has many good thoughts out of theories in which I use. For instance, allowing a child to think about what is being told to him and shown in front of them affect their response. Ainsworth attachment was also a part of my upbringing of my child (O’KANE, 2019). My child is attached to me, and this is proven by every time she returns to me when she needs something or feels uncomfortable in the situation that she is placed in.
3/1 year
My child likes playing physical games. He likes to run around and makeup games. By doing this, my child can develop good health due to the exercise he gets from playing with him and can understand the game’s rules. He also loves to dance and to sing. This encourages him to learn and understand new dance moves and songs, which I introduce to him. These activities also strengthen the relationship between my child and me.
My child can now communicate fairly well and make complete sentences though sometimes he makes grammatical errors. To develop his communication, I expose him to language as much as possible. I do things that are interesting to him and make him want to learn. He likes to talk, and I ensure that I ask him many questions and always explain things to help him build up vocabulary (Conway et al., 2018). To improve his skills, I have also engaged in naming colors and completing puzzles of his age.
My child is one of the popular kids in his neighborhood, so I would have to say that he is doing well in social aspects. At home, he likes to interact with us. He is cooperative with friends, but he is very anxious in new social situations without encouragement. He respects people’s property and participates in an interactive and social situation with children in the area. However, my child has emotional problems that; he is highly tempered but cools down very quickly.
4 years
I would characterize my parenting style as an average for warmth and affection and within the average rage for discipline and control. I feel my spouse, and I are practicing an Authoritative parenting style. My parenting has not changed that much since infancy, although it has grown and adapted as my child has adapted. I think my parenting style is influenced culturally by social, economic status. This is because I was able to stay at home with my child, which gave me a wonderful amount of one on one time with him.
The first example of a change in my child’s behavior at the age of 4years would be in public places. When he was young, he could not stay silent and sit still in church, but now he has learned what behavior is expected of him. He has advanced cognitive abilities where he can understand the rules and behavior he is expected to have. His reasoning skills are advancing quickly, and I feel that it is hugely affected by language development. This is directly related to cognitive growth, as seen in Piaget’s early childhood schemes.
I would characterize my child’s personality as a mix of characteristics. Most of the time, he would fall into over-controlled emotions. He is not aggressive and follows the rules, but he becomes clingy and shy when faced with uncomfortable situations. I think his cognitive reasoning and abilities make him realize he can do more.
References
Conway, L. J., Levickis, P. A., Smith, J., Mensah, F., Wake, M., & Reilly, S. (2018). Maternal communicative behaviours and interaction quality as predictors of language development: findings from a community‐based study of slow‐to‐talk toddlers. International journal of language & communication disorders, 53(2), 339-354.
O’KANE, D. E. B. (2019). Lifespan: the early years (birth to adolescence). Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals, 61.