The Child Of My Brother

My parents decided to have another child. I was devastated and became very upset because, in my mind, I was going to have to share my parents with someone else. Studies show that, “Younger firstborns did appear to have more reported problems than older firstborns, in general. They were more likely to show increases in clinging and seeking adult attention, more distress over time, more time wandering, more withdrawal and had more toileting and night-time accidents” (Volling, 2012). I did not have nighttime accidents until my brother was born. I did not understand why I was doing it, but it caused my parents give me more attention when I done it. Every time someone showed my brother attention, such as playing with him or holding him, I became very jealous and did things to get attention even if that meant I had to do something bad to be disobedient to my parents. It was once I began to get out of control when things began to change.

I bought different types of the toys from gun, iron man, robot, and car to pink kittle and cups. My intention was to observe his choice and how he would play with them. Although his first 5 minutes choice was kittle and cups in my surprise, he suddenly jump and grabbed two cars and handed one of them to me and asked me to play racing. Drawing the Kinetic Family drawing was the hardest part for him. I had to grab a paper with canyon and started to draw to encourage him and I am doing the same thing with him. It was first time that we could do something together friendly, instead of me using my age power to make him to follow me since the first time I saw him. Several day after that, I interviewed his mother who is my extended family member. While we were filling out the paper, she mentioned one of our family member’s death who was very close to Rad. I asked her about Rad’s participation to funeral and all the celebrations that we do in our culture, she told me that because she didn’t have any place to put him there, he was in all the celebrations, except funeral. I was shocked. I had the same experience, though I was older. When I was 6-year-old, my grandpa passed away, while

| * May be ready for toilet training * Will play happily alongside other children but doesn’t actually play with them (parallel play) * Can feed self with a spoon with no problems * Says ‘mine’ a lot when others try to play with his favourite toy * Takes exception if others get attention from his parent or carer

The place of observation took place at my work, before I clocked in for the day. I work at Oakwood Methodist Preschool/Daycare. I went in to the daycare at about 9:00, which is just free play/ breakfast time in the infant room. The infant room I observed in was a little different than the CDRC, because the infant room is from 7 weeks old to 18 months old. There was not really a place for me to be

Maxfield Reinhardt was inspiring, creative, caring, unique, kind, and most importantly served as a big brother to me. On August 17, 2016, he left the world, or as his parents like to say “unfurled his butterfly wings”. I never faced the loss of someone truly important to me, and even though coping in the beginning was difficult I learned many things and also grew as a person in the end. From grieving Max’s loss, to meeting the people that meant most to him from his life, and also learning from them, losing a friend to suicide taught me how to deal with emotions in a healthy way, how to get out of my comfort zone, and most importantly to cherish whatever time spent with someone you care about.

Giving them everything they want, to please them because when they are happy I would be happy. But this teaches the child nothing. This makes children not share well with other kids (Wartik, N. (2015, August 05). From experience working in a daycare I witnessed and realized which kids were only children, which kids were adopted and which children were neglected very quickly. Parents need to find a balance between loving and playing with their children and not neglecting them. This balance would be hard to do every day but is possible. Telling your child no is hard but must be done. Telling your kid no every time they ask something is also not right. Many parents are scared to let their child, be a child. Letting your child fall is normal. Letting your child cry is good. Letting your kids make friends and not hang out with the parents and family all the time is normal. Even though it may be hard because this baby is your life, you have to let it grow and do things on his or her own (Wartik N. (2015, August 05).

As a parent or care giver you may have noticed that one or more of the children in your care display behaviours and temperaments that are somewhat different to others. This may be particularly evident when they participate in creative activities, do school work, play sports or even during their daily routines. They may seem hesitant and nervous to try new tasks and become upset when their attempts are less successful than they expected. They may seem a little ‘perfectionistic’.

The mother states that Josh is alert most of the time. He wakes easily and can go to sleep easily or stay awake late if the need arises. The parents want to know if he is developing socially at the same rate as his peers or if they should be watching closer for any signs of special needs. The other concern that the parents mentioned was regarding Josh being observed. They wanted to make sure that this would be done without Josh realizing that I was observing him. I assured the parents that he would not know that he was being observed.

They may seem suddenly unhappy to attend their childcare establishment or school. Showing signs of severe distress when entering the building or refusing to attend altogether. A child showing apparent fear of parents or carers may take time to settle at the beginning of the day or not want to leave at the end of a session. They may not want their key worker or teacher to speak to their parent or carer and become anxious or upset towards the end of the day. They also may show signs of over pleasing or attention seeking towards adults. Flinching when approached by play assistants, keyworkers, teachers and peers, or seeming scared of contact or interaction could be a sign of physical abuse. Showing little or no interest in food, or even over eating. Regression- returning to babyish behaviour such as thumb sucking or rocking (unusual to that

My 40-Year-Old Child is a documentary series on TLC that introduces a mysterious medical condition that seems to slow the rate of aging. This documentary follows three families and their doctor during their journey to hopefully find answers to this very rare disorder. The condition effects the growth and overall development of the children, consequently leaving each child stagnant instead of progressing through each normal development stage. Dr. Richard Walker, a scientist searches for answers while studying and comparing similarities and differences within each child’s case. Even though the children appear to otherwise be healthy, the lack of normal development both emotional and cognitively is apparent.

Babies and young children’s development is closely tied to the quality of the relationships that they have with others and especially the key person within their early years settings. Usually babies and toddlers do no like to be separated from their parents or primary carer, and therefore it is important that babies and young children are supported by a key person in their setting who will act as a temporary substitute for the care, love and attention that is usually provided by the parent. When the key person system works well within a setting, both parents and children are able to feel comfortable and relaxed during their time apart.

Not every four year old child can perform these tasks at the same time. It is important to remember that each child is an individual and should be motivated to reach their full potential. The child that I am observing is a boy named Michael. On the first day of my observation I was not sure who I wanted to observe. Michael caught my eye right away when he came over to me and asked if I would

After observing a nine month old child for this Child Observation paper, the author of this paper has taken copious notes during the session. The purpose of this paper is recognizing the biological, cognitive and psychosocial development of the child. The author of this paper identified the background history of the child, the observation made and the development process of the child.

It is imperative that practitioners are able to observe and assess each child’s development in order to gain a full understanding of their development and how they can build upon this in order to cater to the needs of the child and allow them to fulfill their potential. This is highlighted by Wheeler (2009, p.63) in stating that ‘Observations are fed into family worker and team planning so that future activities can be based on an individual child’s interests and patterns of behavior and thereby enhance their learning’.

“The youngest child gets everything.” I could not agree any less with this phrase when I was the youngest in my family. Every child would know the kind of ‘power’ their younger sibling has over them. Therefore, I am guilty of taking advantage of this privilege against my older brother and sister. To begin with, I purposely placed both of them in trouble whenever they made me cry or whenever they don’t obey what I want them to do. In short, I was very spoiled and stubborn child, but nevertheless, I treasured those moments where I was always their center of attention. That was before my parents told me that I was going to have a younger sister.