Rhoden has great cognitive skills. He receives A’s in most classes such as fine arts and B’s in English. He also engages in good conversations with friends as well as with me. Rhoden still likes designing and building on the computer as one of his pastimes. I’m sure that his skills will increase as he becomes an adult, but only because of his accomplishments, but also because he is aware of his …show more content…
He’s fairly close to me when it comes to advising or anything really. Sometimes he is rebellious due to the separation of me and my husband. He is also very independent. He is able to face his emotions in a positive manner and this will benefit him for the future.
Rhoden’s view on moral development is that he believes punishment should be given to those who do wrong, especially when those actions have wronged others. One day he informed me that a group of students from school stole from a store and were caught. He agreed that they should be punished because they wronged their parents as well as their coach and teammates. This is good because Rhoden understands why punishments should be given in times like this.
Rhoden had always shown strengths in the things mentioned above. Social skills were probably his weakest, and I could be because of how much I clung to him as a parent. On the bright side, he did end up being very involved in the things he did. He was always very aware of what was going on in the house and how my husband and I communicated. I know it affected his attitude towards me at times and well as his school,