Virtual Child Reflection

Personal Narrative Seed Folks The thought of being 16 and pregnancy has always weight down on me growing up. I was scare of my family history trying my best not to repeat the life of my mother. In 2001 I was so happy I made it. I accomplish what no one in my family was able to accomplish.

Throughout the course of the Virtual Child assignment I learned about how different parenting styles can affect children. I decided before raising my child that I wanted to mimic my parent’s style that they had used. I am an only child and my parents were strict and demanding, yet that taught me how to be determined and responsible. On January 25, 2016 at 8:34 AM I gave birth to my virtual child Amelia (Manis, 2008). My spouse and I chose the name Amelia based on the strong characteristics of Amelia Earhart.

I am Cassidy Briann Norton. We’ll be talking about me today. My first name means clever and intelligent. It also means curly hair. My name kinda represents me because I am intelligent and I do have naturally curly hair.

I am living proof that is not always the case. If you have a good support system and a strong to fight for what you believe in, you can achieve anything. I became a mother at 16 and I have loved every sleepless night and tantrum thrown by my beautiful little girl, and I am so thankful I have her. I love being a mother. My life feels as though it has purpose.

I could not understand how a person so young would be able to cope raising a baby. At the age of 20 I found out I was expecting a child of my own. Now I was going to be a young mother and face societies stereotypes. I often found people staring at my bump, probably unintentionally but it made me want to hide away my bump because I felt they were staring at me and judging me on becoming a mother so young, wondering how I would ever manage. During my pregnancy I began

The Generational Curse Since 1976, when my mother was born, my family’s generational curse can into effect. My material grandmother, Mattie, had my mom at the early age of 15 years old. Although my grandmother Mattie wanted to keep my mom, she reluctantly gave her up to be raised by her mother, my great-great grandmother Ann. Later on in the years, resentment began to damage my mother’s and Grandmother Mattie relationship, and completely damaging my grandmothers and granny Ann’s relationship. The animosity began to eat way to having a relationship at all.

The first question I asked myself was, how are you going to be able to go back to school, being a single mom, with a mortgage payment, and having no other option but to work full-time? This was a hard question to wrap my head around at first, especially when all the negative thoughts about school are popping into my head. I realized the first thing I needed to do was take everything one step at a time so I could get all my “ducks in a row”. First, I needed to apply for college and financial aid. Who would have guessed that was the easy part? After getting accepted to SCTCC, my next step was, talking to a guidance counselor about my goals and what I wanted to accomplish at SCTCC.

I have experienced changes that have been developmentally impactful. I will further name, describe and address how these events have influenced my development. Event 1: Birth and early childhood I am my father’s third oldest child and my mother’s oldest child. From a very young age, the dynamics in my family have consistently changed.

My life lesson that I experience was becoming pregnant at 21 years old. I was pregnant with my first child. I was very young and not ready to become a mother. I never had a huge responsibility like this before. My life was changing each day getting everything in order for when I have this baby.

The behavior of the young girl also derives explanation from Piaget’s theory on centration, which is the greatest limitation of thinking in young children. Based on this theory, the child had the tendency to focus on only one aspect of the new hot educational toy to the exclusion of all the other toy models in the store. From Piaget’s perspective, the behavior of the young girl can be described as egocentric since she was a captive of her perspective and could not take that of her parent’s. Moreover, The the child also seems to be confusing between the appearance of the hot new educational toys and reality.

I’m right here.” Two weeks into my senior year I severely ruptured my appendix, in the process of all that pain I figured out my passion for the rest of my life. It sounds like a cliche,“ I was hurt and I had an epiphany “ but what I went through was an actual life altering experience, its changed the way I used to view myself, most doctors and my future. I always knew I wanted to be a part of the medical field as my mother is currently, I just couldn’t commit to anything, after all there’s so many fields, but after my substantial amount of time in the hospital, I realized that I was meant to be a pediatric surgeon. I was meant to save children just like me.

I am married with a one daughter who will be heading to college next fall and she is definitely a large and important part of my life. As a family, we have traveled regularly with trips to various warm locations – any place that isn’t the rainy Northwest in winter. For the past 15 years, I’ve worked for a telecommunications company in technical project management and

During the 17 years of my family providing this service, I have helped with activities, food preparation, campfire programs, and general supervision. Three years ago, I began leading a discussion group so that every girl attending could have her questions and concerns addressed. The increased numbers of families attending each year are evidence our efforts have been successful. Last year, I decided I wanted to make an even larger impact. So, I signed up for the Humanitarian Experience For Youth program.

She was punished but we did talk about how violence was never the first way to deal with a situation. I was so happy to see Vicky growing into a young lady. She began wanting to date. I didn’t think she was quite ready being only 14. Maintaining my parenting style we discussed it and set that for a more reasonable age.

My life has been devoted to children and families—my own, and those I 've encountered in my career as a pediatrician. My first baby was born only a few months before I started medical school, and my fifth child arrived seven years later, on the final day of my pediatric residency. These two paths—medicine and motherhood—have been inextricably intertwined; they 've often enhanced—and sometimes competed with—one another. But over the years, as I 've helped my own children journey into young adulthood and worked with countless families in my career, I 've gained some hard-earned perspective and insights into raising kids.