Moms to Monsters

     The way i feel about this article is just disappointment, how can a mom do that to her own child? If you are going to have a child to do those things to him/her might as well not even have it. It doesn't matter if your mom or dad did the same thing to you, if they did that to you what you would try to do is not do that to your own child because you have gone through that and you know the pain that they are going to go through.If i were the mom I wouldn't be able to do that thats just horrifying .How can you even think of doing to a child who is innocent and has done nothing wrong.
     She clearly said that she did it because of the way she felt when she was younger, her mom didn't pay attention to her, and i understand that, but that doesn't mean you should continue doing that to you own children you should strive to become better than your parents. If yo know how it feels then you should know how your children is going to feel, and you don't want your child to go through the same thing as you. Nothing can justify your reasoning to cause pain to your child, they didn't come into the world to be mistreated they came to be treated correctly. What is the point of having a child you don't even care about, or worry about them?
      If one day I ever do this abuse to my children, I don't know I would never forgive myself for doing this. And I don't actually have a good valid reason to do this, no one does. No matter if you weren't treated well by your parents. It's just impossible for me to believe that i would ever do such a thing like that, I know for sure my parents are not like that, and I am so thankful for that. I feel sad about the children that have to go through all that pain without knowing the reason why their parents treat them like that. I wish there was like a machine or something that can detect when a child is being abused to go right away and help them. I would love to do that, help them out be there to listen to them, because it is no their fault by the way that their parents are acting. It's not fair, and it upsets me more that Tarrant County has the most child abuse cases.

reference to the article http://media.star-telegram.com/Munchausenmoms/

Child Abuse

Physical Abuse:it is non accidental physical injury to the child

Neglect:it is the failure of a parent or a guardian who has the responsibility to take care of the child

Sexual Abuse/Exploitation:it means to human trafficking, like sex trafficking or trafficking of children for sexual purposes, and exploitation means allowing the child to engage to prostitution or in the production of child pornography

Emotional Abuse:using language that causes anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or aggressive behavior

Parental Substance Abuse:letting child use drugs or a substance that is dangerous for them 

Abandonment:meaning that the child is left and not knowing who the parent is and the child is very harmed

Standards for Reporting:it is a report of the circumstances and what happened

Persons Responsible for the Child:they are persons that have some relationship or regular responsibility for the child

Exceptions:its exempt of certain acts or omissions from their statutory definitions of child abuse and neglect

What does the Texas Law say about

Physical Abuse:that it means in the results in substantial harm to the child

Neglect:meaning that they put the child into risk, or not even trying to take them out of the risk that they are in, and failing to be responsible with the child

Sexual Abuse:its a sexual conduct harmful to the child's mental, emotional, or physical welfare, a failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful to the child, or a causing permitting the child to the photographing, filming or depicting of the child

Emotional:a mental or emotional injury to a child that is observable, or letting the child be in a mental or emotional injury

Parental Substance:doesn't say

Abandonment:the leaving of a child who is injured physically, without arranging for necessay care for the child

Parenting Styles

Authoritarian Parent:children are expected to follow the rules that their parents provide for them
-The impact that it has on children is that they could have a more aggressive behavior, or they could be quiet and shy around others

Authoritative Parent:they still get some rules but their parents listen to the children's opinion or point of view
-The impact that it has on the children is that they become more responsible, and they respect their parents and they tend to have less problems with peers

Permissive Parenting:they don't have as much rules and let the children be a little more free
-The impact that it has on the children is that they don't learn much of problem solving, they low achieve, and they may behave more aggressively

Uninvolved Parenting:in this style they don't pay much attention to the children and they let them do what they want
-The impact that it has on the children is that they tend to emotionally with draw, and be in a more dangerous behavior


-I think that my parents are more of a authoritative parent, because they have rules but they aren't as strict. They let me go out sometimes they just need to know where and with who I am with. And I respect my parents even though I sometimes argue with them, and i try not to give them problems because I know they are going through a lot and I try to solve them myself.

authoritative                                uninvolved

Characteristics of Thinking

Egocentrism:the children tend to believe that they are the center of the universe, so things happen because of them

Centration:its when they focus on what thing of the problem or situation

Inability to Converse:this is when they have difficulty understanding that the amount stays the same unless some has been taken away

Animistic Thinking:it is when you connect non living things having feelings

Supernatural Fears:they face between reality and fantasy and fears can come in play

Classification:having trouble to know what each object is

Difficulty Identifying Transitions:it is when they have difficulty identifying what happen in between some situations

-egocentrism

-inability to converse

Chapter 7 Vocabulary

preoperational stage think about the world in ways that were not possible in earlier staged

intuition primitive reasoning based on feelings

centration tendency to focus on just one aspect of something

conservation follow transformations of viewed objects

egocentrism take another persons perspective

windows of opportunity time frames for critical skills

metacognition  inward thoughts

metamemory  memory

phonology sounds that make up words

semantics meaning of words

preconventional responds to rewards and responses

initiative vs guilt when they fail something they feel guilt

democratic parenting styles couraging to make good decisions

authoritarian parenting style  controlling and corrective

permissive parenting style children control situation

gender identity  sense of being a girl or boy

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder behavioral disorder

autism spectrum disorder developmental disorder

autisitic disorder a more severe variation that can be hard for the children to communicate they still go to school but they are with others depending the severity of the disorder

Age Appropriate Toys

1 to 2 years
- this is age appropriate because the pieces are the right size, its like a puzzle piece, its colorful and they wont choke on anything











-this is age appropriate because the pieces aren't small, so the parents don't have to worry about their chid chocking on something









2 to 3 1/2 years
-  this is a age appropriate toy because at this age they like riding toys and this would we something that they would like to enjoy riding









-this is a age appropriate toy because at this age the toddlers like to play with kitchen appliances stuff, and there isn't small pieces that would make them choke

Potty Training