Impacts on Early Emotional Development

Learning ever stops or get old. I always heard family and friends talking about the harsh things kids experience in Africa and I was in denial about it. I always wondered was the Television of feed the children real or was they trying to gather money. However, it seems as if all my wondering and dreams are all come out and truthfully. Children in West African experience the worst of this thing called LIFE. Children are orphanages by AIDS in West Africa. UNICEF hopefully will continue working with this Country so that they can become better.

The Sexualization of Early Childhood

Sexualization in early childhood education is a topic that I wouldn’t think to be popular because we are talking about children. Being a teacher, you get a chance to experience a lot being with the children majority of the day. During the first week of the school year, I had a student to pull his pants day and just begin playing with his private area. I asked the student what was he doing and he replied to me “he see his step dad do that a lot when he’s in front of his mom”. The student told me to wait and something will come out. I immediately took the child to the restroom to pull his clothes up and wash his hands. I explained to the class that we do not resemble that behavior in the classroom or home. The only thing should be on a 4 or 5 year old mind is writing their name, learning their alphabets, and identifying their colors and shapes. I was afraid to mention this incident to his mom because she’s always been rude to me and very nonchalant every time I spoke to her. When mom arrived to pick her son up, I asked her if I could speak with her about some behavioral concerns. Mom replied “please make it quick”. We went into my manger office and discussed what I had seen. Mom was in denial and wanted to see it on recording. She watched the video and begins to cry tears. Mom stated that she’s a single mom and she has a boyfriend and when he comes over she thought her kids be asleep. Mom said I know it’s not right but I only can afford a studio apartment for her family.

As parents we sometimes have to keep in mind that we are parents before anything. Being a single mom can be tough but to destroy your child mind isn’t worth it. We begin to offer service to her and her family and we follow up with the family once a month.

Evaluating Impact on a Professional Practice

Working with children you experience so much daily. One Ism that I've experienced since working in my profession is racism from a parent. I didn’t directly experience racism but the assistant teacher in my classroom did. We have 20 kids and 20-40 parents that we greet daily. One of my students father is very racist. He’s always coming into the classroom with negativity and he doesn’t talk to the assistant. I noticed that he’s always talking to me, showing me his id for pick and always asking me questioning that he could ask the assistance. When it first begin we over looked it and thought well maybe has just comfortable talking with me until one day I missed school due to my daughter being sick. He didn’t see me, knew I wasn’t coming and he picked his child up immediately. The center supervisor asked him why the child leaving so early he was stated “that one in his class is too dark for my child to learn anything from her”. The next day, I came back to school and this parent greeted me and welcomed me back. He begins to tell me that he picked his child back up after overhearing a conversation that my baby was sick. I politely asked the parent why you picked your child up that early. He replied calmly and nice because your skin completion is much lighter than the other lady skin complexions. I was shocked and I told this parent that he shouldn’t look at things the way he doe and he should considering apologizing for how he feel and what he has said. He got upset with me a pulled his child out of the class completely.