Reflection Paper On Virtual Life

My experience with My Virtual Life was enjoyable as it gave me a taste of how being a parent would be. After doing the questionnaire, My Virtual Life assigned me a baby boy who I ended up naming him after me, Usman Jr. I tried to provide a soothing environment, and added the latest baby toys such as rattles, and toys so that he would be more active and curious about his environment. While raising Usman Jr. I tried not to be overly attached nor try to ignore his cries. For instance, when he would wake up in the middle of night, I would not ignore his cries and continue to sleep instead would try to soothe him down. When he was around three months old, and seemed to be in constant motion I tried to give him new toys. And when he would be introduced …show more content…
would be able to find hidden objects, as long as I didn’t distract him in the middle of his search. But had A not B errors, which was uncovered by Jean Piaget, when I would hide the objects in a new place after previously hiding them in the old place repeatedly. Usman Jr. would easily become upset and cry uncontrollably whenever he enters a new situation and I would leave him alone with a stranger. And would only be comforted if I came back and picked him up, from this I’d classify that Usman Jr. has a secure attachment to me as he didn’t connect with the stranger nor avoid being with me. Instead he seemed to be close to me, and wanted to maintain contact with me when he became distressed when I left him with some strangers. This can be an example of the Ainsworth Strange Situation, which was an experimental technique to measure attachment. “The Ainsworth Strange Situation sequence of staged episodes illustrated the strengths of attachment between a child and a (typically) mother” (Attachment Power …show more content…
As I expected when he was in his late teens he started to rebel a little such as breaking the curfew a few times, but I wouldn’t punish and instead just let him know not to do it again and he began to follow his curfew later on. When he was in a serious relationship, I let him know if he has any problems he shouldn’t be scared to come to me for help. Due to my parenting style I assume, he was honest with me and trusted me. For instance, one time Usman Jr. was underage drinking, but he called me up to pick him up at midnight. He decided not to drive while he was drunk despite having a car, and he told me why. This was a stark contrast from the video that we saw in class, in the video the father was really strict due to this his kids didn’t trust their father and would try to sneak out at night and avoid him. But Usman Jr. went to me whenever he needed help or wanted to go outside, and whenever snuck outside without my