My Virtual Child Essay

1) Q: You are starting to notice that Preslee's crying is rhythmic and moderately loud when she is hungry, wet, or cold. If she is startled, there is a sudden intake of breath and a loud wail, followed by more deep breaths and loud wails. A: You try to respond to the different types of crying by changing, feeding, or soothing little Preslee.

Raising a Virtual Child had been a great experience for me. This assignment made me better understand why adolescents are the way they are. I had my own expectation before the onset of this project, how my virtual child was going to be at age of 18? I was expecting that my child would be a successful and obedient one. She would be nice and polite, follow rules and will be good in education. For me, while raising a child, bonding between child and parents is an important factor to consider. It makes child feel secure and let know that his/her parents are there to look after their needs. Communication between parent and child is important too. It will provide a great scenario for learning and aid in cognitive development. Discussing problem with parents and finding a solution is the best way to go during the childhood. I think parenting is not that much hard as it seems but is absolutely a sensitive and responsible task to raise a child. I had enjoyed raising my virtual child and hope my feedback is going to be a good one too.

Adolescence is defined as the transition between childhood and adulthood. Many changes happen at this stage. Adolescence involves things such as puberty, greater independence, and a time when someone begins to construct their identity. Identity means their life value and goals including a secure sense of who they are in terms of sexual, vocational, and moral ethics. In the next few paragraphs I will be discussing my Virtual Child, Maeve as she went through adolescence (ages 11- 16). I am going to delve into the different changes I saw in her and how they relate to theories proposed by Piaget, Erikson, Marcia, and Gardner. Each

My Virtual Child program basically covers physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development at several age levels. Various personalized questions were asked and given scenarios that would shape my child’s physical development, cognitive development, and affect his personality. My Virtual Child has a unique set of characteristics at birth, some of which were influenced by how I answered and completed the assessment when I first logged into My Virtual Child. These characteristics gradually emerged and affected his behavior and development. When it was time, our precious baby boy was born and we decided to name him Noah. Noah as a newborn was fussy and often wanted to be held. Breastfeeding time seemed to be the perfect soothing method. I enjoyed breastfeeding because it builds up his immune system. At this point Noah recognized me as his primary care giver because I was the one always attending to his needs. According to Bowlby’s theory of attachment “The infant knows that the caregiver is dependable, which creates a secure base for the child to then explore the world”. As a result, Noah was more attached to me than he was to my husband. As time transcurred, he was able to bond to my husband by spending more quality time together.

With what I have learned from the My Virtual Child program, I now understand the complexities of raising and guiding a child. Mere decisions made during infancy can affect a child long term, physically, cognitively, and even emotionally. To make important developmental decisions cannot simply be classified as a challenge, it is one of the hardest things parents experience. Making decisions for one’s self, as opposed to making decisions for one’s child is so challenging that most people will not understand until they have children. Even with the realistic impression this program has, I would venture to say that even

The original due date for this unborn child was not until three months from this night, however, the doctors had the situation under control. When my mom went into labor prematurely, they had the ability to perform a Cesarean section and give birth to my little sister. This was only the beginning of the adventure for three pounds one ounce Elisabeth Marie Ballard. The first stop on her journey was the NICU to be placed in an incubator to be kept warm and monitored for developmental problems. During the first weeks of her life, she was fed breast milk through a tube that ran from her nose to her stomach. After two months in the NICU incubator, she was finally gained enough weight to go home. This exciting moment did come with a few strings attached. Her weight and vitals still needed to be monitored, so the hospital sent home a machine that allowed them to receive all of her vitals in real time. Her size and prematurity have never stopped her from leading a regular life. Thanks to the technology advancements in the medical field, my sister survived her prematurity and is now leading the life of an annoying six-year-old sibling. Libby, as we call her, transcended the process of natural selection and childhood mortality, and her life is a miracle. The credit can be given to the technology and the people who wield the knowledge

Kira has demonstrated very normal physical developments in MVC, 0-9 months. Like most infants most of what she does in the beginning of her first three moths is to ear and sleep for most of the day. Since she cannot consume solid foods because she is very young , it was decided that she would be breast feed instead of being formula feed since it has been proven to provide more benefits to the baby, which would go on for the first six months on infancy. Some of these benefits being that the infant would be less likely to suffer respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections, fewer allergic reactions, and a lower rate of acute otitis media. It will also provide benefits in with growth, health and overall development (2017, L.O. 4.3). Initially the first few weeks she lost a little weight but begun to feed heartily and gain it back , MVC, 0 months. Once she reached the 3 months she was occasionally fussy around meals and would sometimes have diarrhea, MVC, age 3 months. There are various factors as to why this could

In my personal project, I thought of the idea of creating a film which shows a visual representation of abuse in a household. I have made a script for my film. I chose the psychological effects of abuse and how it could continue to become a cycle between the parent and the child. My script includes the psychological effects and a visual representation of an abusive environment. These topics interest me, as it involves psychological effects on the human brain. At first I was going to do a report over the psychological effects about traumatic experiences, like PTSD and topics similar to that.

I was born at St. Anthony’s Hospital and raised in Denver, Colorado. I was a healthy baby at 5.25 pounds and 18.19 inches, with no medical problems. In the first minute, my Apgar score was a nine. The Apgar test is given to babies to test general conditions of pulse, grimace, activity, respiration, and appearance, when they are first born. One test is given in the first minute of birth and the second test is given after five minutes (Berk, 2009). This test does not predict how babies develop, grow up, or their personality (Berk, 2009). I scored twos in pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration, and I scored a one in my appearance. My pulse was more than 100 beats per minute, and I grimaced and coughed. I moved actively, and I had a strong

In my personal project, I thought of the idea of creating a film in which shows a visual representation of abuse in a household. I have made a script for my film. I chosed the psychological effects of abuse and how it could continue to become a cycle between the parent and the child. My script includes the psychological effects and a visual representation of an abusive environment. These topics interest me, as it involve psychological effects of the human brain. At first i was going to do a report over psychological effects about traumatic experiences, like PTSD and topics similar to that.

I woke my boyfriend up and called my mother and we rushed to the hospital. I was nervous and excited at the same time. After eight hours of labor, the baby wasn’t cooperating at all. I wouldn’t dilate past eight and I already had three epidurals. I was in so much pain. After being in labor for twenty three hours, the doctors said it was time for a cesarean. I was so scared. All of a sudden, I heard my son screaming. My heart melted and I couldn’t keep the tears from coming. That was the best moment of my life. Justin and I named our son, Bentley Michael McCartney. He weighed eight pounds and thirteen ounces and he was twenty one inches tall. He was beautiful and healthy. Seeing my son made me realize that I was now an adult and I would be the best mother I possibly could be.

The similarities with FFT and the 5-month-old is the lack of weight gain, a small head circumference and low growth percentile on the growth chart. The treatment for Failure to thrive (FFT) first is to identify the problem and implement early treatment (Hurst, & Pilgrim, 2017). Once FFT is determined, the family will receive appropriate nutritional, such as increased caloric intake and other essential intervention from their provider (Hurst, & Pilgrim, 2017). According to Hurst, & Pilgrim (2017), even though both FFT and hypotonia can occur independently, they can adversely affect the other (Gupta, Podolnick, & Mazur, 2017). The 5-month old baby’s poor inability to feed and her slow weight gain can be due to her possible hypotonia causing failure to thrive because of a lacking of strong suck for adequate

They say in 100,000 years all human beings will look very similar. Thanks to our fast growing global population and our ever growing technology we could be on track for similar facial features rather soon. A new form of technology is giving parents the option of getting to pick both facial features and personality traits for an infant in the womb (Hanson, J. 2017). Many assume this is a great problem and not the way God has intended us to conceive children and cure illnesses; but we’ve come to a world where humans rely on this technology to save lives. That is why parents should allow genetic engineering in the children's lifestyles; it lowers the rate of babies born with certain medical and genetic diseases, pregnancies to go

One way that Yolanda can keep her baby stimulated while she is in her crib is by playing a slide show of the different people in her life. This will allow Emma to see the different faces she will encounter throughout her life so when she sees individuals she will have a memory of them. Yolanda could also add names to the pictures that could be on audio so when the picture comes up a voice will play so Emma could become familiar with the family members voices as well. The picture slide show will help Emma retain a memory of faces , also help her to not be upset when they come around because she will have a memory of that particular person. The second way from Emma to be stimulated is by playing videos for young children about the alphabet. The

Let children be children, is not only a popular phrase heard in education, but it is also my motto. Yes, it is true, today’s children are tomorrow’s future; but how we choose to raise our children determines the outcome of our future. Many believe academics should be stressed more in schools, taking away from children’s playtime. I feel that play is what molds a child. Play allows not only a child’s imagination to run freely, but builds and strengthens children’s motor, language, cognitive, and social emotional development skills. I believe that play; along with parental involvement forms a child’s identity. Play is what makes children: tomorrow’s future.