The Developmental Lifeline Of Christopher Ramirez
Abstract
This paper explores the Developmental lifeline of my adult son, Christopher Ramirez, and is based on the lifeline as described by Kathleen Stassen Berger in her textbook, The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence, 10th Edition. Accordingly, my paper is divided into four major sections: The First Two Years, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence with the age ranges of birth to two, then two to six, followed by seven to eleven and finally eleven to eighteen years, which is adulthood in this culture. Additionally, each section contains examples from Christopher’s real life story in the areas of cognitive, psychosocial, and biosocial (physical) development with the focus on three biosocial milestones involving motor skills, language, and eating as viewed by me. Moreover, when appropriate, I discuss the theories and/or theorist that support the chosen milestones for each of these stages of development.
Introduction
In this assignment, I apply development theory to my adult son, Christopher Ramirez’s real-life scenarios. Dr. Berger (2016), an author and professor at the City University of New York states, “A developmental theory is a …show more content…
To illustrate this, when Chris was about 18 months old, he started attending daycare because we no longer lived near my mom and I had no other family members that lived nearby to care for him while I was working, therefore, Christopher, unfortunately, had to attend daycare for the first time. I recall very vividly that after I picked him up at the end of the first month of daycare that two staff members approached me at different times and informed me that Chris was such a pleasure to have in class. When I heard those comments, they made me very proud of him and very proud to be his
This paper explores the Developmental lifeline of my adult son, Christopher Ramirez, and is based on the lifeline as described by Kathleen Stassen Berger in her textbook, The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence, 10th Edition. Accordingly, my paper is divided into four major sections: The First Two Years, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence with the age ranges of birth to two, then two to six, followed by seven to eleven and finally eleven to eighteen years, which is adulthood in this culture. Additionally, each section contains examples from Christopher’s real life story in the areas of cognitive, psychosocial, and biosocial (physical) development with the focus on three biosocial milestones involving motor skills, language, and eating as viewed by me. Moreover, when appropriate, I discuss the theories and/or theorist that support the chosen milestones for each of these stages of development.
Introduction
In this assignment, I apply development theory to my adult son, Christopher Ramirez’s real-life scenarios. Dr. Berger (2016), an author and professor at the City University of New York states, “A developmental theory is a …show more content…
To illustrate this, when Chris was about 18 months old, he started attending daycare because we no longer lived near my mom and I had no other family members that lived nearby to care for him while I was working, therefore, Christopher, unfortunately, had to attend daycare for the first time. I recall very vividly that after I picked him up at the end of the first month of daycare that two staff members approached me at different times and informed me that Chris was such a pleasure to have in class. When I heard those comments, they made me very proud of him and very proud to be his