Victoria And Thando Case Study Essay

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND

PSYC 1004 Essay

Victoria and Thando case study

Tsebo Marwa( 818854)

It is unimpeachable that Victoria and Thando’s story is one that is heard all the time amongst South Africans. More and more children are being brought up in “unconventional” family settings, which usually involve a single parent, such as Victoria. This parent is now tasked with the daunting task of having to fulfil the role of both mother and father to ensure the child’s emotional, physical and psychological wellbeing. While taking Thando’s story case cognizance, I will critically discuss the different environmental agents that are likely to affect a foetus during an unhealthy pregnancy; I will also look at the effects, both positive and negative, of daycare centres on a child’s emotional, cognitive and social development on a generic level as well as in Thando’s case. Furthermore, I will evaluate if Thando’s experiences have any emotional attachment implications and if so, what are the …show more content…

In this paper I will focus on the four most common and relevant agents, namely: smoking, alcohol consumption, stress and drug abuse. Cigarette smoke contains many different compounds that may be harmful to a developing foetus. Foetal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking comes with many obstetric complications which include: increased risk of a miscarriage, placental abruption, gestational bleeding as well as respiratory, kidney and cardiovascular diseases. A child born to a smoking mother is also predisposed to obesity-associated disorders such as diabetes and may also have behavioural and brain developmental issues ( Devasuda Anblagan et al. Maternal smoking during Pregnancy and Foetal Organ Growth: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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