Virtual Life Assignment

This paper will assess the importance of creating a secure attachment between the child and the caregivers and how authoritative parenting style benefits the development of the child with the support of peer-reviewed journals. In addition, it will discuss other factors involved in said development; the parenting choices made in My Virtual Life assignment and how these influenced my child’s development.
While completing the My Virtual Life assignment I found that raising my child with an authoritative parenting style and maintaining a secure attachment was of outmost importance to create an individual who is assertive, socially responsible, able to self-regulate and has positive personality. My personality traits were assessed by a questionnaire

Kade’s opinion was included when in decision making in order to encourage his sense of self and help with his moral development. In order to do so my partner and I opted to teach Kade pro-social behavior by observing us acting in this manner since there is substantial evidence that children learn by watching the actions of those around them. (Eisengber et al, 2006). In addition we would let Kade try to solve problems alone and interfere only if he was stuck or needed our help. This type of parenting has proven to create in children a sense of purpose, goal directedness , confidence and initiative (Baumrind, 1973).As a result Kade was cooperative and even when his little sister was born he wanted to be included in tasks that would help us with her care. There also seems to be a correlation between authoritative parenting style and higher levels of behavioral and emotional control with young adults (Manzeske et al, 2009) which is important since controlling our actions and emotions is necessary in our lives in order to interact with

In the classroom Kade was an excellent student and he excelled at sport, but sometimes his grades would diminish in some subjects due to distractions. In these cases we would talk about it, yet Kade was able to realize by himself that he needed to improve and parental intervention wasn’t really needed. During adolescence it became evident that Kade was also influenced by peer relations, these relationships allowed him to mature psychologically and prepare himself for later instances in life where the knowledge learned through these friendships would be useful in social interaction. If a behavioral approach is taken into account it could be said that Kade’s developmental outcome was expected since my partner and I reinforced behaviors that we approved of and not those we didn’t agree with. In this view Kade’s personality would have then been shaped by the actions of my partner and I