The following assignment is an observation of Ethan Beardsley’s character in the movie yours, mine and ours. The group collaborated their ideas and thoughts on the character’s physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development as a four-year-old child. The group went further to analyse the character’s family, parent, sibling and schooling systems. After researching the above development stages and systems group members critically analysed Ethan’s development and systems. Physical development: is orderly and continuous, smooth and predictable. Even though all children do not physically look the same, whether it be different heights and weights all children have a set stage of specific development to each at a specific age. By the age of four many children should be developing tremendously on his/her gross motor skills, which include: • Jumping • Climbing • Running with speed • Dressing themselves • Using the toilet • Turn sharp corners After observing Ethan Beardsley in the movie Yours, mine and ours it was evident that as a four-year-old he is physically developing correctly. When the movie starts we see that he spends a lot of time with his father, he walks confidently by himself and …show more content…
Even though Ethan and Aldo are excluded from housekeeping they soon join the fun when they start pillow fighting, which shows that they have the physical strength to pick up items or objects while keeping their balance and swaying their bodies. (Oss, 2012) Ethan does not show any physical defects; he Is on par with children his age or on the level he is supposed to be on at