Quote about children

"No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."  -Emma Goldman

My opinion on Assessment

An  item that I would use assess in young children is there ability to adapt to change and new information. For example, how quickly to grasp the concept of math skills, starting simply with counting then switching to addition. Therefore, making an assessment of how they think and grasp whatever concept brought forth and switching it up. That would give an outlook on how they think instead of calling it a disability or placing them in SPed dedpartment.

Natural Disaster and Childhood Development

There haven"t been many things that I have come encountered with as a young child. One thing that I did come in contact with was a natural disaster.  There was an ice storm back in 1993. I remember no lights, water or electricity. I had my  mommy and daddy, so that was all that I needed. They made my sister and I some hot chocolate with some marshmallows.  I do not remember all they had to do in order to keep us warm and fed but I know with those two, we would be taken great care of.

Haiti has many problems of  natural disasters.  They often have earthquakes leaving many problems for lack of treatment. Many people in Haiti are HIV positive. There are all men, kids and women. that lack treatment ever time a natural disaster happens. The violence also increases for sexual violence. Without proper treatment and natural disasters happening, a child can be hindered from all aspects.

http://iglhrc.org/sites/default/files/505-1.pdf

Importance of Breastfeeding

I chose to talk about breastfeeding this week.  I breastfed my child and I must say it was a difficult thing to keep going with.  Sometimes it was one of the most painful things because no one filled me in on the things to make it more bareable.  But I just had to do it since my child would receive such good benefits like antibodies, nutrients and gain some immunity. Which, I believe to be true because I was very sickly as a child and I definitely wanted to do everything in my power to keep my child from having all those ear infections and asthma. breastfeeding played a large roll in this, I would like to believe.

www.wcrf.org states:

That 43% of asians breastfeed for the first six months while Americans only do 31% for the first six. It says breast milk is needed for healthy development and protecting the newborn from infectious diseases and less likely to be overweight.

My Personal Childbirth and Around the World

A personal birthing experience would have to be my own. I remember being on edge the morning of my induction and very tired since I had worked up until two days before my scheduled induction, plus I was very nervous since Mackenzie was/ is my only child.  I was a bit snappy, yet calm with my mind racing at least 100mph.  All I could think about was the pain and the horror stories that I have heard from everyone, but little did I know, I had my biggest cheerleaders were going to be my sister and my nurses.  My nurses told me exactly what to do and were the best coaches ever so I actually had little to no difficulty with my first born.  I remember most wanting to cry from the sensation I felt from my daughter working her way through the birth canal. I wanted to cry bc I was in so much pain, but I refused to bc it would take too much of my energy that I needed to push.  I knew I would need to focus because knowing when to push is important and pushing at the wrong time can be detrimental to the child, per say if the cord is wrapped and the mother is still feeling the need to push and proceeds to do so leaving the child's oxygen supply low and/ or without can affect the child's development. Those few seconds can mean a lot developmentally which is why birthing and delivery is important to development, well at least in my opinion.

I decided to look up birth and pregnancy in the middle east or UAE. There are some differences. Whether you are married or not plays a very big role in how u will be treated. Itd can be used to see if you are an adulter. If u have had a baby out of wedlock u could be deported, but for the most part the findings lead me to believe that the procedures there and in America are similar as far as paperwork goes. Only difference is that we have the right to fair treatment no matter what the case.Very interesting information.