Assignments

REFLECTION

1. Reflect on your early childhood, middle and late childhood days. Were you able to acquire the developmental tasks expected of early, middle, late childhood and adolescene.What facilitated your acquisitions of the ability to perform such tasks?

* I believe that my ability to live independently and make choices and control my life evolve over a period of time.

When I was a 1 year old my mom taught me how to walk, even though sometimes I fell down, taught me how to say the word “mama” and “papa” and taught me everything as I can. Then, when I was three years old my mom tried to send me to school as a toddler. It was a first day of the school and I’m so shy. But my mom is still there to guide me. Then I start to introduce myself to my classmates and to my teacher. After a few months I learned a lot of things like, I can already write my name, know how to color and everything. One day my teacher tells us she has a test on the next day. Then my mom said that, if I’m going to study and got the high score, she will buy me my favorite food, and then I study hard and as a result, I got the highest score. So, as she said, she brought me my favorite food.

When I was seven I entered a regular second grade class. Good decision-making must be developed over a person's lifetime First became simple choices when I was quite young. What shirt do you want to wear? What drink do you want, and my choices were respected. When I picked out a shirt that clashed outrageously with my pants my mother did not override my choice. This gave my beginning decision-making real validity even if my taste in clothes left much to be desired.

As the time goes by, now I am in the stage of adolescence. As a teenager I struggle body changes, mood swings and social issues. In this stage I feel I can do whatever I want in my life. Sometimes I left home without saying goodbye to my mom, that I do not do my usual immature. Maybe it is part of growing up.