When I was a child, there were a lot of interesting things about physical cognitive and social life that enriched my childhood time and shaped my personality to make me who I am.
Sleep was an important part of my childhood day. In order to make me keep energetic, my parents arranged a ‘going to bed’ routine for me. According to my mother, at about 8:30 pm she would urge me to go to bed and my time to fall asleep was always before 9:00 pm. At least 11 hours of sleep I think is enough. Then I didn't seem to sleepwalk, because my mother didn't mention it to me. I guess the age of kindergarten in China is different from that in America. So, I went to kindergarten when I was about 3 or 4 years old. In my memory, I went to bed at 8:30 pm and got up in the morning at about 7:30 am and my father would take me to the kindergarten. I have a toy bear that I took to bed with me every night; I still have that toy bear at my parents’ house. It was usually not easy for me to fall asleep on my own. My favorite toy was the toy bear that I took to bed with me every night; I really liked this toy bear because it was very soft and I thought it was one of the most important things that brought me a sense of security when I was a child. My favorite story was the Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; my mother read this story to me and it attracted me deeply because of the amazing success of the episode in the story. I think this is how I learn the language, from my ‘own’ language to listening to my parents' language slowly to learning how to speak. I totally agree with the development of the language Santrock says in his book. I also really loved playing outside, especially in summers. I loved playing water and climbing the mountains with my friends, and the outside world was always fascinating for me. Although I was attracted by many new things around me every day, I had one thing that I wanted to do over and over again, which is reading. According to my parents, I always wanted to pick up every book I saw when I was a kid in spite of the fact that there were many contents, I could not understand at all. Even it was a thick, heavy dictionary, I wanted to open it. My parents say I always try to read it and act like an adult.
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In the aspect of social learning, I was predominantly happy; according to my parents, I often smiled and also laughed a lot when I was in kindergarten so many teachers liked me. In the aspect of approach/ withdrawal, I was willing to meet new people and situations instead of being reluctant; when my parents took me to the department store when I was little, I smiled at the sales staff and when they gave me small toys I took without hesitation. In the aspect of rhythmicity, I had much rhythmicity regarding my biological junctions; my mother said I had very regular eating, sleeping and going to toilet times. In the aspect of adaptability, I could be ready to accept changes in routine. I would say I did pretty well on all three emotional development. My closest friends were the children living in the same building with my family; we lived very close so we played most of the time in my childhood. We loved playing hide-and-seek game and we played it every time we were together. My friends were all extraverted like me and they had average heights and weights. They were ‘the only child’ in their family and they grew up in their complete family without parent divorce or other things. They were different from me in the aspect of facial looks and detailed personalities. For example, one of my friends was outgoing but he loved video games rather than reading. In spite of the differences, we were still friends at present.
My parents divorced when I was 12, and I followed my mother. Then my mother was an architect, so she often worked late. Before I woke up in the morning, my mother went to work. At night, my mother didn't come back until I went to bed. 365 days a year, my mother and I can only meet each other on the weekend. Because I can't cook, I usually eat in restaurants. I often have several boxes of instant noodles in my house. I have all kinds of flavors, which makes me feel like vomiting when I smell them now. My mother is a very optimistic person. Her way of parenting for me is totally the mode of free breeding. I wouldn’t say is neglectful parenting or indulgent parenting. I would say something between neglectful parenting and indulgent parenting, I call it free breeding. Of course, but she will pay attention to 'free breeding' rather than 'indulge'. And she treats me as an adult completely. I make my own decisions no matter what the big or small things are. She just tells me something you can’t do.
This is a very dangerous way of parenting, which leads me to explore many detours in my life. But I would also say that's how life shapes me into who am I today.
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