4 years 10 mon

1. How would you characterize your parenting style? How have your specific parenting techniques changed since infancy? In what ways do you think your parenting style, or any other aspect of your parenting, has been influenced by your cultural background or other experiences? I think my parenting style is slight strict.I don't like talking back,and acting out in public. I really don't like bribing kids to act right around other people.Kids need rules in order to grow properly and be well rounded. I think when Angel was younger she was able to get away with more like crying for attention, not eating certain foods,and wanting to play in the middle of the night. With work from Angel's dad and I we are able to take Angel out to a restaurant without any misshapes.I believe my parenting is more on the strict side because, my mom and dad couldn't control me, I did what I wanted not caring what the side effect was. This made my teen years very hard and the relationship between my parents and I very difficult.



2. Describe two specific examples of changes in your child’s behavior at age 4 that seem to stem from growth in cognitive and language ability since the period of infancy (e.g., improvements in symbolic thinking, reasoning, knowledge of the world, theory of mind). Angel plays with a new skill almost every chance she gets. For example, this has been happening with naming things. Angel loves to name colors, letters and animals whenever and wherever she sees them (e.g., signs, stores, around the neighborhood). Angel is also starting to understand the difference between boy toy's and girl toy's, however we still let her decided what kind of toy she would like to play with either it be a truck or dolls.



. How would you characterize your child’s personality? Would you say that your child is primarily overcontrolled, undercontrolled or resilient? Support your argument. I really think Angel is resilient because,she doesn't let little things hold her back from learning new objects or people. One example, when Angel was younger a very big dog scared her to the point that Angel never wanted to play with big dogs again. Angel stopped riding her bike next to the fence where she knew the dog was, but now with a little help from me Angel is able to play with all dogs again, and ride her bike by the once scary fence. Angel has also over come changing a few times to a new daycare. Angel made new friends on the first day of school never getting too sad about her old school.