Child Observation Paper
Observation 1: [pic] Jacklyn Coleman Cd: 10G (the early years)
Section 1:) Setting:
This observation is taking place at the child’s home, more specifically, in Santa Clara California, and in the Living room, of their two bedrooms, and 1 bathroom home. They currently live in a transitional housing program for teenage mothers run by Wilson center.
Describing the child:
Dariyana Marie is a 21 month old female toddler. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and very curly and short hair reaching only to about 2 inches above the top of her head. She is pigeon toed and she has trouble walking, but she is not …show more content…
The Mom, Briana is Mexican, and African American. Dariyana is Briana’s first baby. The couple has been split up since Dariyana was born. The father is mildly involved but the mother has said several times over phone conversations, that she doesn’t really want him around. She says that he is a bad influence and drops in and out of Dariyana’s life whenever he pleases. There is a 1:1 ratio for the toddler, due to the fact that only the mother is the only parent that is seriously involved, but there are many adults involved in the baby’s life such as Aunts, cousins, uncles, two grandmas, and two grandpas, many family friends, and few neighbors. Coming from the African American heritage and background, Briana states that she is determined to keep Dariyana looking as clean, neat and presentable as possible at all times to avoid stereotypes. Due to Dariyana’s unmanageable hair, Briana spends a little bit more money than necessary to keep Dariyana’s hair looking nice, and keeping it manageable. Being that there is also no male role models in Dariyana’s life for her to go by, her mother remains concerned for how she will get the male nurturing that she
Section 1:) Setting:
This observation is taking place at the child’s home, more specifically, in Santa Clara California, and in the Living room, of their two bedrooms, and 1 bathroom home. They currently live in a transitional housing program for teenage mothers run by Wilson center.
Describing the child:
Dariyana Marie is a 21 month old female toddler. She has brown hair, brown eyes, and very curly and short hair reaching only to about 2 inches above the top of her head. She is pigeon toed and she has trouble walking, but she is not …show more content…
The Mom, Briana is Mexican, and African American. Dariyana is Briana’s first baby. The couple has been split up since Dariyana was born. The father is mildly involved but the mother has said several times over phone conversations, that she doesn’t really want him around. She says that he is a bad influence and drops in and out of Dariyana’s life whenever he pleases. There is a 1:1 ratio for the toddler, due to the fact that only the mother is the only parent that is seriously involved, but there are many adults involved in the baby’s life such as Aunts, cousins, uncles, two grandmas, and two grandpas, many family friends, and few neighbors. Coming from the African American heritage and background, Briana states that she is determined to keep Dariyana looking as clean, neat and presentable as possible at all times to avoid stereotypes. Due to Dariyana’s unmanageable hair, Briana spends a little bit more money than necessary to keep Dariyana’s hair looking nice, and keeping it manageable. Being that there is also no male role models in Dariyana’s life for her to go by, her mother remains concerned for how she will get the male nurturing that she