MVL Child Development & Critical Thinking Paper Fall 2015
Valentine Matongoh
Colorado State University
Raising my virtual child in the virtual life simulation was very eye-opening and a great experience. I attempted to raise my child as an authoritative parent due to the fact that my parents are authoritarians, and it was not the best parenting style. An authoritarian parent is a parent who is high in demandingness and low in responsiveness (Arnett, 2012). An authoritative parent on the other hand, is high in control and responsiveness (Arnett, 2012). I attempted to raise my child as an authoritative parent. However, most of the specialist tests I took would rank me in the top 15% when it came to strictness. …show more content…
I went in with specific ideas of how I would raise my child. It hardly turned out as expected. When I started the project, I noticed that I was more emotionally invested than I had anticipated. I found it very challenging to balance control and freedom in terms of my child. During toddlerhood I was worried about sheltering my kid too much and I was often confused as to what was the right amount of time to play especially with other children was. In middle childhood and adolescence, I was worried about peer pressure, which I was afraid would lead to bad decision-making. For example, when Brian was 16 years old, and had a serious girlfriend, it was hard to know the boundary between being overbearing and being a mother that lets’ the child makes their own decisions because they are old enough. This was because I afraid that they would conform to peer …show more content…
He was a year ahead of his peers in mathematics since 3rd grade.. The triarchic theory of intelligence by Stenberg states that there are three different but related kinds of intelligences (Arnett, 2012). The three triarchic intelligences are; practical, analytical and creative (Arnett, 2012). Analytical intelligence is intelligence that can be measured through IQ tests (Arnett, 2012). Brians’ analytical intelligence was amply developed because he had a high IQ and he was in the gifted program throughout middle school and high school. However, Brians’ practical and creative intelligences were not very developed. Practical intelligence is the ability to apply information to everyday problems and social situations (Arnett, 2012). Creative intelligence is the ability to produce creative insights and problem solving strategies (Arnett, 2012). The two intelligences weren’t very developed. This is because Brian struggle with making good decisions in the midst of peer pressure. His creative intelligence wasn’t very developed because he struggled in music and art and he disliked being told to come up with new
Valentine Matongoh
Colorado State University
Raising my virtual child in the virtual life simulation was very eye-opening and a great experience. I attempted to raise my child as an authoritative parent due to the fact that my parents are authoritarians, and it was not the best parenting style. An authoritarian parent is a parent who is high in demandingness and low in responsiveness (Arnett, 2012). An authoritative parent on the other hand, is high in control and responsiveness (Arnett, 2012). I attempted to raise my child as an authoritative parent. However, most of the specialist tests I took would rank me in the top 15% when it came to strictness. …show more content…
I went in with specific ideas of how I would raise my child. It hardly turned out as expected. When I started the project, I noticed that I was more emotionally invested than I had anticipated. I found it very challenging to balance control and freedom in terms of my child. During toddlerhood I was worried about sheltering my kid too much and I was often confused as to what was the right amount of time to play especially with other children was. In middle childhood and adolescence, I was worried about peer pressure, which I was afraid would lead to bad decision-making. For example, when Brian was 16 years old, and had a serious girlfriend, it was hard to know the boundary between being overbearing and being a mother that lets’ the child makes their own decisions because they are old enough. This was because I afraid that they would conform to peer …show more content…
He was a year ahead of his peers in mathematics since 3rd grade.. The triarchic theory of intelligence by Stenberg states that there are three different but related kinds of intelligences (Arnett, 2012). The three triarchic intelligences are; practical, analytical and creative (Arnett, 2012). Analytical intelligence is intelligence that can be measured through IQ tests (Arnett, 2012). Brians’ analytical intelligence was amply developed because he had a high IQ and he was in the gifted program throughout middle school and high school. However, Brians’ practical and creative intelligences were not very developed. Practical intelligence is the ability to apply information to everyday problems and social situations (Arnett, 2012). Creative intelligence is the ability to produce creative insights and problem solving strategies (Arnett, 2012). The two intelligences weren’t very developed. This is because Brian struggle with making good decisions in the midst of peer pressure. His creative intelligence wasn’t very developed because he struggled in music and art and he disliked being told to come up with new