Essay On Virtual Child

Raising Lilly Rose Miller

While going through the step by step process of Virtual Child (Manis, 2008) I submitted that I was married to my present girlfriend. Our child is a beautiful young lady named Lilly Rose Miller, who, until the age of 3, did not have a sibling. When Lilly turned 3, my partner and I had another daughter, named Jessica Rae Miller. Also there was no change in our marital status while raising our daughter; we were happily married with occasional arguments and struggled with financial stability, however, we were always able to financially provide for our family. A lot of the yearly feedback was above average, my parenting styles were regarded as warm. My favorite would have to be when she was 8 years old and we scored
Doing so, I learned all of my sisters’ good and bad choices, as well as my parents’ good and bad choices as far as raising a family and being married. I would observe all the things my family members did and did not do and learn what I believed would have the best outcome. I’d like to think my parenting affected my virtual child in many positive ways. And I wanted to make sure my virtual child had the reassurance that her parents would be there for support and help whenever she needed it. An example of this would be at the end of virtual child when she was 18 years old, she in close to both my partner and I and she feels safe with coming to us whenever she feels the need for advice on anything going on in her life. This project was a very interesting assignment. The virtual project taught me many things I did not know about myself in the form of raising a child. While participating in it, I realized how such small choices and actions could impact my child in so many ways. I was very proud to have been able to raise a virtual child and very proud of myself for the end result my child had. It was a great learning experience and I would suggest it to any soon to be