Claudia Govea

ECE 252/ SEC. 1001

October 8th, 2017

● Introduction

○ Part A

■ The boy I observed was 2 years old. I observed the child in his home

setting. The time observation was about 12:30pm. There were 2 other

children in the home one 5 year old boy and 3 year old girl.

■ The child cried when he was dropped off at the home of the caregiver. A

couple of minutes after the child stopped crying and joined the group of

children.

○ Part B

■ When the young boy was in the arms of his mother the child gave the

mother an affection attachment. The boy was smiling and laughing with

his mother. He kept kissing the mother’s cheek and the mother and child

smiled at each other. The young boy was smiling and hugging the mother.

He was also talking with the mother very focus on the conversation.

■ The parent responded with the child very attentively. When talking to the

child she answered every question the child asked. She smiled at the boy

and nod her head to the boy.

■ The caregiver smiles and welcomes both the boy and the mother. She does

not say much after greeting the child and the mother.
 ■ No I could not tell how the mother felt. What I saw was the mother

hesitated to leave the child in the caregiver's home. She talked to the

caregiver about the child being sick. She seemed worry about leaving the

child.

○ Part C

■ The child was kicking and crying when the caregiver tried to calm the

child down. The boy seemed upset he wanted to be left alone at that time.

After a couple minutes the child walked over to the caregiver to give her a

hug and sat on her laps. Both caregiver and child started to play.

■ The caregiver did not focus so much on the child’s feelings and needs. She

seemed really focus on the other children that were not crying or

“behaving”. The communication between the young boy and caregiver.

1. How did you feel about this observation?

a. I feel like I could have observe in more detail the child when he was isolated

crying. I payed most of my attention on the caregiver not really trying to calm the

boy down. I felt like attachment with a caregiver is the 2nd most important

relationship in the child’s life because they are the second human being they seek

protection from.

2. What advice might you give to the caregiver and/or parent?

a. The advice I would give the caregiver is that improve the communication with the

parent and child. I felt she was to overwhelmed with all the children. Suggest to

not be in charge of so many children so the caregiver and child bond can occur.
Communication and affection was the most important thing that needs

improvement.