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Alondra Cruz

5/12/19

College of Southern Nevada

Education 220

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Biography

The subject is a seven year old boy. His name is Brody and he is in first grade. He loves

to watch tv and play video games. He was born in Las Vegas and has been raised here ever since.

His birthday is in February and he is hispanic. He loves to eat junk food, like most children do.

He recently lost a really close family member. His aunt who he called “BooBoos” passed away

at the end of 2018. She was around his while he was growing up, they grew up together, her also

being a child only 16. Her death really affected him. He was a little confused when it all

happened. It was a very hard time for his whole family. Right after the death of his aunt, his

parents separated. His mother cheated on his father but it is unsure whether or not he knows the

reason why. His parents separation has affected him, mostly in school. He was in danger of

getting held back but he is moving onto second grade. This is not the first time his parents

separate, however it had been about 2 years since the had gotten back together. He has to go back

and forth from his father's house and his mothers. He spends monday through thursday with his

mother and friday through sunday with his father. His father and mother are very different in the

way they discipline him, the attention they give to him, even the food they feed him. He

struggles going back and forth with the two households because they are completely different.

With his mother he is allowed to eat and do what he pleases, with his father there are more rules.

Overall he is doing good, with the things going on in his life and the changes it is normal for him

to have some behavior and academic problems.

Physical Development

At the age of seven children are still growing. According to Amy Morin, “7-year-old

children do experience a growth spurt now and then (2019).” Throughout the year he will most

likely grow a lot more. Being a seven year old he is very active. He spends some time with

friends and family playing. Whether it is hide and seek, tag, or riding a bike. However, since

children at this age children's bones are still very fragile they are more likely to hurt

themselves.”Bone growth is not yet complete. Therefor, bones and ligaments can’t stand heavy

pressure (Snowman & McCown, 2015),” he has almost broken a bone a couple of times, which

is why he uses a helmet, knee and elbow pads. Along with spending time playing, he spends a

long period of time in his day watching tv. It has become a problem because he spends hours and

hours watching it. Some days he doesn’t want to do any physical activity because he wants to

watch tv. Which has been one of the causes of overweight. The doctor has told the parents that

he needs more physical activities. Which is why he has gotten involved in MMA classes. Instead

of watching tv the rest of the day he has a class to go to after school. Another reason for the

overweight has been his diet. He likes to eat a lot of junk food and tends to overeat. His father

has been more restrictive on the food he eats and how much he eats. Children at this age are also

very fidgety, he is not able to sit still. While doing homework or reading he cannot stand still. He

is constantly moving, whether it be jumping or just shaking his legs. If he is asked to stay still he

doesn’t listen, most likely because the fidgeting helps him concentrate. Also at this age children

start losing teeth. “Baby teeth will be falling out to make room for permanent teeth (“Your child
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at 7”, n.d.),” he has several of his teeth missing and a some growing in. Overall, he is a pretty

healthy growing seven year old boy.

Emotional Development

Brody being a seven year old is learning better how to control his emotions. There are

still times that he has outbursts or tantrums. They take place when he is asked to do something or

not to do something. For example, if he is told not to watch anymore tv, he may listen or

sometimes starts to cry. According to an article from Livestrong, “If the child has angry

outbursts that seem out of proportion to the situation in many settings, then the problem is truly

anger (n.d.).” Which makes his father wonder if his son has anger issues. He also gets frustrated

while doing homework, he convinces himself he can’t complete it and refuses to do it. Industry

versus Inferiority explains that, “Children who feel inferior may never learn to enjoy intellectual

work and take pride in doing at least one kind of thing really well. At worst, they may believe

they will never excel at anything (Snowman & McCown, 2015).” His father tries to motivate him

by reminding him that he can do it. He needs a lot of motivation and reminders of what he’s

capable of. He can also be sensitive to what he is told. “Students are sensitive to criticism and

ridicule and may have difficulty adjusting to failure (Snowman & McCown, 2015),” he needs

constant praisal to be reminded he can to do it. His parents have recently separated and he has

been going back and forth, which doesn’t do much good for him. His father is more an

authoritative parent while his mother is a permissive parent. He gets different forms of discipline

in the two households. According to VeryWell Family, “Divorce may trigger an adjustment

disorder in children that resolves within a few months​ (​Morin, 2019)​.” His parents had been
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separated before but got back together. Now that he is older and goes to school, this affects him

more. Shortly before the seperation, his aunt passed away. He was very close to her ever since he

was a baby. Overall he is still learning to control his emotions, a part of the problem may be the

separation of his parents and the death of his aunt.

Philosophical Development

At this age he is learning right from wrong. He knows he shouldn’t hit another kid

because he took his toy. He is still learning how to follow rules. If he is playing a game with

other children there is times where one child cheats or he cheats. Cheating starts to get taken

more seriously. “Seven- to -ten-year-olds regarded rules as sacred pronouncements handed down

by older children or adults (Snowman & McCown, 2015),” he is learning to listen to what is told

to him regarding what is okay and not okay when playing. He knows now, that he shouldn’t

steal. When he was about five years old he put a toy inside his pocket inside a Walmart without

paying. He was forced to go return it by his parents. After that he never did it again, “The

physical consequence of an action is determine goodness or badness. Those in authority have

superior power and should be obeyed. Punishment should be avoided by staying out of trouble

(Snowman & McCown, 2015).” He learned his lesson with stealing after he got in trouble. He

also tells on other children. For example, if two children are playing and one hits the other, he

goes and tell the parents what happened. He knows it is not okay for the two kids to be hitting

each other. He expects that the one who started it will be discipline, this might be considered

morality of constraint. It includes the belief of a child that ,”peer aggression should be punished
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by an external authority (Snowman & McCown, 2015).” Overall, Brody knows what is

considered right from wrong.

Social Development

Brody's social skills are “normal.” He likes to talk and play with other kids. He makes

friends everywhere he goes. However, he also likes to spend some time alone, “Alone time and

downtime, can, in fact, be an important part of a child's development of a sense of self and their

relations to others (Very Well Family, 2019).” There are days where he just wants to watch tv

alone in his room. He also has certain kids that he likes to play with, he has a group of friends at

school he sometimes talks about. He has attended several birthday parties since kindergarten. He

moved schools, he went to kindergarten in one school and moved to another for first grade. So he

left a lot of his friends. Most of his friends are also boys, “Friendships are typically

same-sex-relationships marked by mutual understanding, loyalty, cooperation and sharing,

(Snowman & McCown, 2015).” They talk about the same video games they like and the videos

they watch on YouTube. He also has a bestfriend who is about a year younger than him. He is

also more aware of the way he talks to people and what people might be going through. “Most

7-year-olds are more able to put themselves in someone else’s shoes and work through conflict,

although scuffles and hurt feelings can still break out at this age (Morin, 2019),” he is more

understanding of the conflict going on around him. He knows why his parents might be arguing

and notice if someone is upset. Overall, his social development is good for a child his age.
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Intellectual Development

Brody has a hard time concentrating on his homework for a long period of time. Most of

the time he gets breaks, “you should assign primary grade children relatively short tasks and

switch periodically from cognitively demanding activities to less demanding ones (Snowman &

McCown, 2015).” He needs the breaks or else he becomes frustrated or bored. He was struggling

in school for a couple of months, he was having trouble learning. It had mostly to do with the

changes going on in his life, he was very distracted. When he has fun in class and learned a lot he

comes home and shares with everyone what he learned, “Kids at this age will display a

formidable sense of adventure and thirst for information and will love being mentors to younger

siblings and other children as they show off their newfound knowledge and skills (Morin,

2019).” He comes in with the new projects he did in class and is so excited to share it with

everyone. He has a three year old niece that he lets play with his projects. His teacher lets his

class be creative, she gives them random objects and asks them to make something. Although

sometimes we can’t tell what he made, you can see how much work and thought he put into

making it. “Talking aloud to oneself reaches a peak between the ages of six and seven and then

rapidly declines,” he tends to say out loud what he is thinking. When he is playing by himself or

with other kids he talks to himself. Overall his intellectual development is good.
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Physical Emotional Philosophical Social Intellectual

Recommendations

Brody is overall is a normal ranged boy. However he does have some problems.

Physically his father is already working on, the bit of overweight. He needs to eat more healthy

foods and do more physical activities at his mother's house as well. As mentioned the parenting

styles are different but they can both work on making sure he is more healthy. For emotional

development he needs help controlling his emotions at times, he can be good at it but he has

some bad days. For philosophical development he is doing good. His parents have taught him

good and bad. He knows not to steal because there will be consequences. For social development

he is also doing fairly well. He gets along with most children that he is around. He may just need

to work on not talking back to his parents. The main cause of his problems are because of his

parents separation and sudden death in the family. It changed his living situations and routines.

His parents need to work on co-parenting. He lives two different lives in the two households. As

mentioned his parents are different and he is more free to do as he pleases in one and more

restricted in one.
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References

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Morin, A. (2019, February). The Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children.

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