American Human Development Report

The year was 1992; I was thirteen years old and a seventh grader in middle school. I grew up in Lawrenceville Georgia with my mother, father, and two sisters. My parents were married twenty-five years at this point in my life. My dad was seventy-seven years old, but he was a young seventy-seven, my mother was forty-four years old. He had a full time job cleaning offices at UPS. My father would cook dinner, work a full time job, and take care of my sisters and me because my mother worked a…

Development follows the same basic pattern and it tends to happen in the same order, even if some of the elements of development are missed. Sequence of development involves patterns which children go through and these are called milestones. Usually one area of development will finish before another one begins. If a child finds it difficult meeting a milestone it may delay the sequence of development. An example of sequence of development is that the child learns to walk before it can run. Rate…

Developmental milestones are things that most children can do at a certain age, these milestones are reached in how children play, learn, speak, behave and their movement. ‘More than 90% of babies at this age are walking well enough that they are able to squat down, pick something up off the floor and jump back up again’ (Dana Sullivan, 2015) Children start from learning how to sit up alone which gives them a new perception of the world, crawling gives the child more freedom and independence,…

while they are growing up. Mother and child separation leaves a great impact on a child’s behavior. This study is based on the Attachment Theory that attempts to describe the dynamics of long term and short term interpersonal relationships between human. Children must develop a belief that there is a line of communication with their mothers. (Bowlby, 1973). Children must feel their mother’s availability. They must feel their mother’s presence whenever they…

influence – friends and parents. (Gibbon, Pamery and Gerard 2008) Parents are an important resource for the emotional development of adolescents helping them to explore the social context and to form closer friendships. (Wilkinson 2010) Parents are one of the most important factors that can affect child’s development,…

1. It is important for the parents to know how the principal developmental milestone for adolescence because it can help them handle the child better as they go through puberty. There are two different stages, early adolescence and late adolescence. Early adolescence is puberty and a variety of physical changes that are associated with sexual maturation. During this stage the girl begins developing breast and her first menstrual period. Boys begin to start puberty around the age of 12 and ends…

A child’s early formative years are the most crucial in determining the growth, personality and goals of the individual. The Transactional Analysis theory supports this statement as it enables people to explore the origins of their personality and allows one to understand why he/she is the way he/she is. I have come to realize that my coping mechanisms are reflected in the adoption and switching of ego states that takes place depending on the situation. Although there are times when I move to…

When studying development, it is important to understand there is a difference between the sequence of development and the rate of development. A sequenced development, looks at a child's development as a definite pattern, that a child's should be following. This means, a baby will learn to walk before they have the ability to run, and even though, every individual is unique in the way they develop, and the time they take to reach certain milestones, they will still follow the predicted…

We all may wonder what's one of the major key sense our baby sense, one of them is our touch. By you touching your newborn baby it's a vital role that helps you and your baby have that mother and son or mother and daughter bond. Touching your baby also helps you to communicate by he or she letting you know their wants and needs. Also by interacting with people and being able to explore it's surrounding. This sense of touch beings to happen as your early 7 to 8 weeks of pregnancy(Berger). Your…

After reading the article titled Teen Dating Guidelines, by Jessica Childs states that “ a more balanced approach will give you the opportunity to guide your teen through dating decisions while they're still living at your home.” From what I read and because of my current personal experience I strongly believe that it is important for parents to set rules and guidelines on how their children are dating. This will benefit both parents and teens in short and long term results. In the first place…