Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories **Option 2**

If I had the means and the knowledge to conduct research studies about any topic in the early childhood field without any limitations or restrictions I think I would have to do some research on the personalities of the parents or legal guardians and how does it affect the personalities or behavior of the children so I guess my question or hypothesis would be: "Does the behavior or attitude of the parents or legal guardian play an important role in the behavior of the child(ren) and their attitude?"

Being that I have worked in several different settings of early childhood education I have come across numerous children and they have all had different types of attitudes, personalities and different behavior concerns. When working with children that are more mature than peers of the same age group I tend to wonder what their parents are teaching them or rather who they are watching at home to pick up on a certain behavior or attitude. I remember growing up and wanting to do some of the things that my friends were doing but my mom may have not necessarily cared for the way I was acting and she would always say, "Don't do what your friends are doing because they are going to get you in trouble; or she would say you need to find a different group of friends to hang with." 

The purpose of the research study would be to simply show parents how they act around and towards their children have an effect on how their children act in school or interact with others away from home. The research will present many positive contributions to the children and their families especially the families where the child was experiencing a lot of behavior issues; hopefully, the research can bring awareness to the parents and legal guardians to watch the language that is being used around the child and the behavior or attitude that is being portrayed in front of the children as they are nothing but sponges soaking up every new thing that they see and what they assume to be normal behavior. 

Physical Development in the Early Childhood Education Field

The topic that I have chosen for the simulation in this course is physical development which is such a great and important developmental milestone. The major and most important physical and gross motor skill that a child will learn is learning how to walk and walking up stairs with alternating feet, usually when children first start walking up stairs they will place both feet on the stair before proceeding to the next step to ensure that they will not fall. Usually what happens when it is time to go back down the stairs the child becomes confused or scared and will usually cry for someone to pick them up or some children just turn around and scoot down the stairs backwards.

The reason why I chose this topic is because in the past I have worked with many children that have physical disabilities or gross motor skills that have taken some time to develop and I am always interested in learning new facts and different ways to keep those children involved with the classroom without singling them out. 

The insights that I have gained so far by starting on some research on this paper is that not only at age 3 and 4 do children learn how to climb/walk stairs but they also gain some better upward body mobility which means that they are able to catch and throw things better with better speed and accuracy. I also learned that at this age and developmental period it is good for children to learn how to ride a bike because they are able to peddle and steer a tricycle. 

I am looking forward to reading everyone's simulation/research paper about their different topics that interest each one of you all. If you ever come across any information on  physical development and gross motor skills feel free to send the info to me via my blog with the URL.

Good Luck Everyone!