VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

NEWSLETTER DATE: 11/19/16

LIFESPAN
CART

Lead Story Headline

Photo of Daliah
Byer during the
experiment
On November 17th,
on a Tuesday I met
with Daliah Byer,
5, a local Clovis
child, Cedarwood
kindergartener, and
gymnast. I began
asking Daliah a
series of questions
according to the
theory of Jean

Piaget that would

ultimately test her
cognitive
development and
determine what
stage she is in. First,
I began with the
simplest question, I
lined up two rows of
4 quarters, first row
being far more
spread apart and
the second row
each quarter
touched. Are there
more quarters on
the top than
bottom Daliah
proceeded to count
each quarter until
she came to the
conclusive decision
that they were
equal, she passed.
For my next
question I set up
three glasses of
water, two of them
being small with a
large girth and the
other tall and
skinny. I poured an
equal amount of
water into the two
smaller cups. I
asked, is there an
equal amount of

water? with a close

examination Daliah
agreed. I followed her
answer by pouring one of
the two small glasses into
the taller skinny cup. With
that being done I asked,
how about now? Daliah
responded by saying that
there was now more water
in the taller glass, when, in
fact it was just the
displacement of the taller
glass. For my third and
final question, I brought
out 5 flowers (3 red and 2
white) I then asked Daliah,
Are there more red
flowers or flowers
Without much thought she
responded with, more
red flowers From these
results, its determined
that Daliah resides in the
average stage Piaget calls
the preoperational
stage.

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Page 2: Moral Development

Story of Sue

Photo of Elizabeth
Woolman

I
learned
life
wasnt
beautiful
for
everyone.

When assigned to
the moral
development topic,
I decided to
interview my own
mother realizing
she must have an
interesting story
somewhere in her
life that she would
like to share. Little
did I know I was
about to be
transported into a
world of such
emotion.
I sat down with
Elizabeth Woolman
on November 17,
2015. I first
questioned what
topic she believed
she was most
passionate about.
She quickly
responded Animal
Rights. I followed
up with Was
there a certain
event that led to
this belief ? If so
what was it?. This
question required
a pause. She
responded with
Do you really
want to know? I
nodded, my
journalistic duties

suddenly becoming
more solemn than
comical.
While cuddled up to
one of her five dogs
she responds When
I was younger my
father beat our
family dog. I learned
life wasnt beautiful
for everyone.
The next question
asked was If you
recall, what were
your thoughts on the
subject prior to the
event?
I didnt know
animal cruelty
existed. I was a
child, young and
naive and learned
very quickly there
was an ugly side to
life and it made me

very sensitive to the

plights of all
different animals
and their need for
protection. They
have no voice and it
is important that we
realize this and dont
take advantage of
them just because
they cannot react.
This painful story
demonstrates moral
development more
so than most. Prior to
such a painful
experience my
mother did not
understand the
struggles faced by
some. From this
horrific experience
she has gained the
knowledge and
drive to make many
lives beautiful .

Photo of Mrs. Woolmans diverse family

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Social Development
There are four different types of
parenting: Authoritarian,
authoritative, permissive, and
neglectful, also known as
uninvolved. Authoritarian
parenting is also referred to as
strict parenting, and is
characterized by parents who
are demanding but not
responsive. Parents who use the
authoritarian method do not
communicate well with their
children and rely on
punishment to demand
obedience. Authoritative
parenting is referred to as the
most effective and beneficial
style for normal children.
Authoritative parents
communicate well with their
children and have high
expectations. Permissive
parents are responsive but not
demanding of their children.
Children with permissive
parents grow up with little selfdiscipline and self-control.
Lastly, neglectful parenting is
the most harmful style that can

be used on a child.
In a neglectful
relationship, there is
no communication
and is very
unhealthy.
Many people have
their opinions on
which style of
parenting is the most
effective and why.
Personally, I would
not know which
method is the best,
but my parents
would best fit in a
category that
combines
authoritarian and
authoritative. High
expectations
combine with the
strict rules, but there
is little
communication
between the me and

Parenting
Styles
my parents. Authoritarian
parenting is the worst style
of parenting since there is
mostly punishment and
consequences of the strict
rules. Authoritative
parenting is the most
effective style of parenting
since there is no
communication and
standards in which a child
should meet. Permissive
parenting is not the best
style of parenting, but it is
also not the worst style of
parenting. Neglectful
parenting on the other hand,
is by far the worst way to
parent since there is no
communication happening
and no expectations to be
made. All parents should
pay attention to their child
have communication in
order to have a healthy
relationship.