My Virtual Child Observation Report

Using the stimulation of My Virtual Child I could find out how my parental style started and grew as I found out more about the child as he aged through the program. It made me think about my parental sensitivity, and how it changed drastically in the first two years of the child’s life. If I were to describe it at the beginning, it was difficult because all I seemed to do was be around the child and coddle him at any chance that I got. I gave him most if not all my attention. This got to a point around the 5-month mark where he started to prefer me over my partner. And at that point I would have considered myself an intrusive parent, I wasn’t allowing the child to be surrounded by other people and creating a social setting for him. But as he grew older and the 19th month mark started to approach and I was looking in to getting a preschool for him, I noticed that I started to change my sensitivity towards the child due to him acting out and becoming nervous in a social setting, it finally clicked in that I needed to take him out more and introduce him to more people so that he can start becoming socialized. I noticed that as soon as the childhood specialist pointed out a few things that the child was doing I became self-aware in the areas that I’ve been lacking in.
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As for giving advice to another young parent who is unsure of the importance of sensitive parenting, remember to always pay attention to your child, but don’t let them be bubble wrapped, they need experience in the world outside of the house just as much as you