Report on analyze the child`s behavior

Introduction of analyze the child`s behavior

The purpose of this report is to analyze the child`s behavior through observation and interaction. I have chosen this child as I have seen him twice when my colleague brought him to our workplace, he seemed to be quite and afraid of strangers.

Firstly, close observation of 60 mins was done on the child`s behavior. Secondly, I interacted with the child we were in his playroom when I asked him a few questions about his school and toys. Lastly, I interviewed the child`s mother Mrs. Ashy, I asked her about the child` s behavior, his conduct in school and how he interacts with strangers and his friends.

Background information of analyze the child`s behavior

The background information of the child will be he is a 7 years old boy, who lives with his parents in House Building Development block located at boon lay road. His neighborhood is in the prime area which is always crowded with people and accessible to supermarkets, playground hawker centers and primary school.  He is the only child and has no other siblings. His ethnic group would be Indian however, he could also understand some Malay words according to his mother. He is studying primary one in Boon Lay Primary School. His father is working in HSBC bank and his mother is a Staff Nurse in SGH. The father has graduated from National University of Singapore in Bachelor of accountant. Their relationship with their relative is good. They have monthly gathering to catch up with each other and allows the child to mix around with them.

Biological factors of analyze the child`s behavior

I interacted with Mrs. Ashy and understood more about the child. I had discussed with her on some biological salient factors. Sam is 7 years old and is in a learning stage. The parents need to interact with him and be involved in his learning process together by doing so the child will be more interested to learn.

 The child is an active child who loves to run around in the house and playground. His sleep pattern is well defined by his mother. He takes sleep of about 7 hours daily but at times he wakes up in the night for milk or wants attention from his mother. His diet is also healthy and he takes solid and liquid diet both on daily basis. He still uses bottle to drink his milk in the night time, his mother is slowly training him to be without bottled milk at night. He is involved in many physical activities at home while playing with his mother or in the playground. He is also active in school during his physical education. He like to play soccer on daily basis with his friends in his neighborhood

His fine motors skills are well developed he is able to pick up small objects like spoons or tiny Lego pieces. On the other hand, his motor skills are also well developed, he is able to use his muscles to carry things around and play soccer. He has the ability to sit, stand and talk sentences. There is not such any serious chronic illness can be seen in that child. His parents are also healthy and they do not smoke.  The child is   cm and kg, which makes his BMI to be. This is within the healthy range for him, overall this child is perfect has no disabilities or motor dysfunction. All of these salient aspects of development were discussed because these are related to the life development of a child. It is important because through this any parent is able to guide his child in proper way without any difficulty. According to the child that has been analyzed for this research. He was perfect child without any defects. He was good in studies and mental health. He has a normal weight, and he is without any mental disorder.

On top of these other factors to take note in relation to life course development will be the child nutrition status. The parents need to focus on the child`s diet so that in future there will be no problems related to their low weight and short height. As for Sam, his mother has started the training when he demands milk in the morning. She has tried to change his diet to sandwich and milo in the morning as he needs to have a good breakfast before school. He used to refuse sandwich in the beginning but after few weeks of training he had agreed on his breakfast.   

Psychological factors

The psychological factors that I have observed in the child are he is good in English and Tamil language, able to speak well and form sentences when talking. Both of his parents speak English quite frequently which helps him to learn words and the language. He is a Primary one student who is coping well in his studies he is able to form sentences, do his spelling test and mathematics well. He has the ability to learn new things quite quickly according to her mother and he is always excited to learn new things.

He has achieved medals during his sports day and inter-class soccer competitions with a record of achieving first position in the 50m race.

It is seen that he is a shy boy, he feels difficulty to interact with any stranger but once he gets comfortable with the person, he does not stop talking to them. He is a healthy boy with good BMI and physical appearance. His eyes are beautiful with quite innocent face. He is good with creativity skills he likes to create new shapes out of his Lego piece and draws unique cartoon characters.

There are some psychological factors to take note of. Children at the age of 7 years old are in the stage of learning new things that they are not familiar with many other things.  (Annaz, Campbell, Coleman, Milne, & Swettenham, 2012) They are small and also unaware of many new things in the world; they are innocent by nature. Whatever they watch in the movie or on the TV there will be a huge impact on their personality. They always try to use this impact on their personality. For example, if a child sees a cartoon where they learnt how to bully another person. They tend to do the action in real life to their friend. Considering this factors parents must always be aware of what the child is exposed into and educate the child he is has done wrong. If factors like this are not corrected from the early years this might affect how the child behaviors in the future. Research has shown that there is a huge impact on the child`s social behavior if the company of the children is bad or develops negative behaviors from childhood. This will be a huge impact on their personality and also nature (Gabalda, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2010). On the other side, if the company of the children is good. This means that there will be a positive impact on their personality and also nature. This means that the parents of the children must have to consider this psychological factor and work on it.

According to the author Fazel  (Fazel, Reed, Panter-Brick, & Stein., 2012)Research has also stated the important of the child emotional and stress level. Dealing with stress and heavy emotion in a younger day will affect the child in the future. They might develop anger management issues or even mental illness due to unhealthy environments. This is why parents must make sure their children always talk to them on a daily basis. Understand how their day went and how they are feeling about school or any other event (Fazel, Reed, Panter-Brick, & Stein., 2012).

Social factors

Define social factor

The social factors are those factors that are present in the environment of the person.  (Eckenrode, et al., 2010) Social factor plays an important oar in child development etc. ………………………………… social factor on the seven-year child. If the social background of the parent is not much strong so there will be huge impact on that child.

According to my data collection Sam`s family background is quite strong he has dual parents his father age is about 31 year and his mother age is 28.  He belongs to Indian family, his ethnic group would be Indian. However, he is able to understand some Malay words. His father is working in HSBC bank and his mother is working as Staff Nurse in SGH. His father is graduated from National University of Singapore. Overall, he belongs to middle class family.

His parents make it a point to gather with their cousins and relatives at least twice a month to keep in touch. They usually have gathering at beach to play game and have chit chat session. He has four cousins, one from his mother and 3 from his father. The age group of his cousins range from one to ten years old. His mother’s parents are still around, while his fathers’ side only his grandmother is around. He is studying in Boon Lay primary school. His neighborhood is in the prime area which is always crowded with people and accessible to supermarkets, playground hawker centers and primary school.

There are many social factors that are present in the children, the first important social factor is the demographic factor of the family. It can be said that if the children are born in a rich family, so its social behavior is extraordinary special. On the other side those children that belong to the poor family so that their confidence is affected in a great amount (Durkee, et al., 2012).

There is also some social impact on the body language of the person; this is because if their parents use bad language while talking with someone this will be a huge impact on the personality of the social behavior of the children. (Durkee, et al., 2012)

The next important social factor is the education system of the school. This means that if one child is studying in a private school so that their social behavior is positive and they are more confident as compared with that child who is studying in the public sector. The results of the studies show that these students are less reliable and imperfect than those students that are studying in the private sector. The next social impact on children is the residential area of the student. The research shows that if the child is living in the urban area, so there will be an extremely positive impact on the nature of the children and also on the health of that child. On the other hand, a child that lives in a rural area his personality as compared with the urban child is quite weak and feasible. He is also weak in communicating with the other person with confident. This residential factor is one of the most important factors in the personality of the children (Bernier, Carlson, Deschênes, & Matte‐Gagne, 2012).

 Prediction for next five year (200 words)

There are many important predictions for such a child for the next five years. If the age of the child is now 7 years so after five years, he will be 12 years old. He would be in Primary six. That would be a important year for him. As that final year will determine which secondary school he will be entering into. Upon my own option after interacting with him I believe he has good habits and is a kind boy. With this I believe he would be having a good relationship with his friends in school and he would be responsible for his studies. He would be putting his time to good use to study for his final exams. In five years’ time he might be in the age where he would be mixing with his friends more than spending them at home. (Gabalda, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2010)I believe he would be actively participating in school Co-curriculum activities such as soccer. He has mentioned that he likes soccer and he would want to join that in his school when he reached primary three.

In the growing stage of his life, so there may be some biological factors, Psychological factors and some social factors can be seen in their personality. The reason is that in the future five years he can face many faces in his life. I can say that he belongs to a good family and he is the only child in the family. Due to such condition, the next five years will be perfect in his life, and he will be a creative person in his life. This is because his base is extremely strong and perfect.

 Conclusion on analyze the child`s behavior

Life course human development is very important for conducting research. For that you must have to identify each and very factor of the child. Through this the person is able to analyze each factor of the child, and according to that his parents can teach them properly.

During my experience I have seen many new things in the child during observation. That child was quite active and respond to my questions in quite efficient way. I have seen these factors in his personality, he is creative person and with a lot of good habits. His parents are quite loyal during his development period.

There are some strength and limitation of this case study. The major strength of life course human development is that through this course, the parents are able to develop their child in a perfect way. Also if there are some biological factors, Psychological factors and social factors present in a child that can be solved through this course. There is only one limitation, and that is accurate results are not obtained because the nature of the child will never be the same always.

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Appendix A

 Appendix B 

I interacted with a child named Sam. He was 7 years old and had no siblings. He belongs to a middle-class family. I have taken some time from his parents, and then according to that, I interact with him. According to my opinion, he was reserved and shy child for the stranger. I have to become friends with that child so that I can easily calculate the required data from this. According to the nature of the child, I have to visualize his actions in detail deeply. He is a seven-year-old kid, so according to his age, I have to interact with him and collect the required data. The first particular activity, I have chosen to interact with him is talking with him about himself. Through the help of this interaction, I am able to understand the child better. I asked some question from him about himself and his personal activities and hobbies. After asking the questions from him, we went to his playing room. In that playroom, I have seen many new things in that room, new special toys and some Lego toys. I can judge that most of the toys were not related to his age. Then after this, I asked him about his books and also his bag. He showed me his bag and school diary, his diary was neatly written and nicely wrap in cover. From this I can judge that he is an organized boy.. The toy room was basically the reflection of his creative ideas filled with his creative artworks, color combinations of wall and neatly arranged toys. I can say that he is a creative person. His creativity is at his peak. I have spent valuable time with that child; he was a well-mannered child with good habits.

The activities that I was engaged with is talking, playing and asking a question about his school and its environment.

The respond of that child was quite amazing; he was quite familiar with me in the end. In the start of the interaction, he was quite shy. He was just being silent and quite, he was just replying formally to my questions. Then after some time, he becomes a friend of mind and slowly become talkative.

I have found some important results from the questionnaire that has given in the above scenario. There is proper mentioning about the age of the person and according to that question is designed. Then after this, the best part of this questionnaire is that it based on quantity. The more data about the child the more information can be extracted from their behavior. This questionnaire completely based on those questions that are related to small children under the age of ten. I have learned one of the most important features about that child is that if the parents of the child is involved in perfect fostering of their child. He can easily refrain from other mental problems. He was a single child of their parents. But his parents gave him good taught that will become a reflection of his personality.

 Appendix C interview

-  Biological

      ·         Family history of genetic disorders: Not such genetic disorder

·         Multiple pregnancy i.e. twin or triplet: He is a single child of his parents

·         Disabilities: He is perfect without any disability

·         Sleep pattern: Sleep pattern is good of about almost 7 hours a day, but sometimes he demands for milk bottle.

·         Current diet: His diet is good and he eats healthy food, his mummy is so caring and trained him perfectly. He can eat solid food and also drunk milk from cup. 

·         Physical activity: He is very active child and he is involved in many new outdoor activities. He is good in running, he plays football in playground. Mostly he participated in school sports activities.  

·         Fine and gross motor development: As he is 7 year old kid so its fine and gross motor skills are also enhanced. In his fine motor skills, he is able to pick up small objects like spoon, fork and many other. He has the ability to use his muscles to perform different activities. The next development is about gross motor. As he is developed child and also physically active so he has the ability to move here and there with perfect actions. He can talk with frequently, he has the ability to sit and stand. He has the ability to kick the football and also able to catch the balls. His concentration power is strong. Also he has the ability to use his all muscles quite effectively.

·         Serious and chronic illnesses: No such serious illness but according to his mother. He is healthy and perfect child.

·         Medications: Not such medication for that child because there is not such chronic illness.

·         Toiletings: As he is 7-year-old kid so he is able to use its toilet by himself. Also he don’t need any kind of assistance during wash.

·         Toxic environmental exposures- His father is healthy and he is not a smoker, also his mother is not a smoker.

 Psychological

 ·         Cognitive functioning: He is very good in English speaking skill. His mother language is also English. He speaks English language so it was easy for me to interact. 

·         Literacy and numeracy: He is a student of grade two, he is able to read, write and also able to identify different numbers. He has also ability to write proper words.

·         School achievement: He is an intelligent student, he got first position in grade one. 

·         Self-esteem: Whenever he met with new people, he looks shy and quite. I have observed this while taking the interview.

·         Body image: He is 4.2 feet tall boy; he is not thin and also not fat. His eyes are big like buttons. He is white child so its complexity matches with it. 

·         Self-efficacy: He is good in creativity skills and also in remembering skills.

·         Mental health problems: He is perfect in mental health

     ·         social

·         Family demographic characteristics – He has dual parents; his father age is 31 and his mother age is 28. His parents are young and active. His ethnic group would be Indian however, he could also understand some Malay words according to his mother.

·         His father is working in HSBC bank and his mother is a Staff Nurse in SGH. The father has graduated from National University of Singapore in Bachelor of accountant.

     ·         Family socioeconomic characteristics – according to financial status, he belongs to a rich family and the father has graduated from National University of Singapore in Bachelor of accountant.

    ·         Family psychosocial functioning – there is not such family psychosocial functioning can be seen in his family. They are good people with good habits. parents’ relationship, family relationships, financial strain, life stress, experience of discrimination, parental mental health, social support

    ·         Extended family He has four cousins

·         Care arrangements outside family He has no grand parents

·         School resources He is studying primary one in Boon Lay Primary School

·         Residential suburb/neighbourhood resources Food, playground: His neighbourhood is in the prime area which is always crowded with people and accessible to supermarkets, playground hawker centres and primary school

·         State and national political and economic context there is not such any national, political and economic context can be seen in this child.