Blog 22 - Exit Interview

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

My essential question is, "How can a caretaker best ensure the proper development of a child under the age of 5?" My answers are, by using visual and verbal communication, nurture and understand the child to ensure that they're receiving the best possible guidance, and give the child affection and attention for their emotional and behavioral development. My best answer is to nurture and understand the child. A child needs to be nurtured starting from a very young age. That is the base of the foundation for them to develop in a happy and healthy life. My second and third answer sort of go hand in hand, but my second answer is the best. Nurturing and understanding the child requires building a healthy relationship with them. One you have that connection with them, ensuring their development will not be as difficult. 

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

The process that it took for me to arrive with this answer was definitely doing a lot of research and being at mentorship as well. From reading different articles and books I have read a repetitiveness of forming a bond with a child as a caretaker. So nurturing and understanding the child is what I got most from that. Being at the daycare as well made me realize that caretakers always see different kids and different moods everyday. Being able to form a bond with a child or even understanding them and their moods will make it a lot easier to ensure their development and happiness. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them?

There weren't many problems besides almost running out of sources to find. There are many books that have a lot of information about child development and research papers that just need a little more digging to find. Being more specific in what I was searching for definitely gave me the answers to my problems. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

The two most significant sources I used to answer my EQ was the book "The Whole Brain Child" by Tina Payne Bryson and Daniel. J Siegel and the article, "Disciplining Your Toddler." The book has a lot of information about child development on the physical, emotional, and behavioral development. The article has information about the proper way to discipline a child and how it can be best effective. Of course, a parents form of discipline is different from a caretakers, that's why this article gives advice on how to best effectively discipline a child.