My Virtual Child is a program that allows you to raise a child from birth to the age of 18 and monitor the effects of your parenting decisions over time. After about eight hours of labor and a C-Section, I was given a baby boy whom I named Desmond. I’ve raised him from 0 months to nearly 11 years of age. My parenting skills and decisions shaped and molded my child into who he is. The positivity from the authoritative decisions I’ve made, in terms of discipline and control, showed to be effective. He is academically strong and his achievements are above average compared to other children. He is also cooperative, enthusiastic and emotionally stable. This paper will focus on his verbal, logical-mathematical and spatial intelligence as well as
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Also, the specialist noted my child is above average in solving problems with more than two steps, and grouping objects together in categories. At the age 4, he was advanced in his thinking ability. He was able to solve the number conservation task for small numbers. To expand his knowledge in this area, I’ve decided that introducing new computer games involving math and science was a good idea. He was doing fourth grade math in the third grade and continued to excel. A study found that the motivational practices of parents play a role in children's academic intrinsic motivation and achievement (Gottfried, A.E., Fleming and Gottfried A.W., 1994, pp. 104-113). Since he was personally interested in numbers, advancing in this subject was fairly easy. Furthermore, in every decision made I’ve encouraged my child, rather than forcing him. In 2013, Brennan, Shelleby, Shaw, Gardner, Dishion and Wilson concluded, positive parenting behavior between the ages of 2 and 3 showed higher academic scores in children up to 5 years later (pp.762-773). Due to these choices, he has demonstrated strength in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematical problem solving according to his fifth grade report
Also, the specialist noted my child is above average in solving problems with more than two steps, and grouping objects together in categories. At the age 4, he was advanced in his thinking ability. He was able to solve the number conservation task for small numbers. To expand his knowledge in this area, I’ve decided that introducing new computer games involving math and science was a good idea. He was doing fourth grade math in the third grade and continued to excel. A study found that the motivational practices of parents play a role in children's academic intrinsic motivation and achievement (Gottfried, A.E., Fleming and Gottfried A.W., 1994, pp. 104-113). Since he was personally interested in numbers, advancing in this subject was fairly easy. Furthermore, in every decision made I’ve encouraged my child, rather than forcing him. In 2013, Brennan, Shelleby, Shaw, Gardner, Dishion and Wilson concluded, positive parenting behavior between the ages of 2 and 3 showed higher academic scores in children up to 5 years later (pp.762-773). Due to these choices, he has demonstrated strength in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematical problem solving according to his fifth grade report