Virtual Child Reflection Paper

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During my virtual child I was faced with many questions regarding my parenting skills and how I would assist my child in her learning skills. I was asked about how much TV time she should have. If I should keep her reading grade-level books, and even if I wanted to get her involved in music, sports, arts, etc. Throughout these questions, I felt as though I was picking the correct ones and the ones that I think I would do as a parent myself. When my child was about to turn nine, a psychological report was done on her. Lennon Grace’s scores in word reading, reading fluency, spelling, and phonological awareness were above average for her age. The psychologist stated that she was friendly, calm, and cheerful while she was being examined during her IQ test. She even mentioned that even when the …show more content…

I also think she is considered gifted because starting at a young age I was showing her flash cards, reading, and watching educational shows. I believe that you can train your child’s memory and language at a young age if you introduce them to educational things such as flash cards with words, reading age-appropriate books, and watching educational shows that help them memorize and improve their language. Due to her being gifted she has some characteristics that are different of those who are not gifted. Gifted children are precocious, march to their own drum, and have a passion to master (Santrock, 2016). I have noticed as the parent that Lennon Grace tends to do her own thing when it came to learning. She very rarely asked me for help and wanted to figure out the problems herself. I noticed that she would come up with different ways to solve problems rather than sticking to what she was taught. She also was incredibly focused on what she was good

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