Personal Narrative: My Early Childhood Development

Early childhood development lays the foundation for future learning. It refers to the many skills and milestones that children are expected to reach by certain time especially within the first five year of age. These milestones include learning how to run, how to talk using simple sentences and how to play with others. In most cases, this type of development occurs naturally when parents and children spend time playing, preparing dinner or looking at books together.
Haiti is a very small island, which used to be called “La Perle des Antilles” or in English “The Pearl of the Antilles” because of its beauty. In spite of its supreme beauty, Haiti became one of the poorest countries in the Americas hemisphere. Growing up back then, my parent gave

birth to the ten of us. We all lived together, four brothers and five sisters. Having so many people under one roof make a positive impact in my life. As a child I wasn’t afraid to express myself and being around people. My house was always full of family members and friends. We didn’t have to go outside much because everybody came to our home as everyone invited their friends to come spend time with us.
Living in a poor country, Haiti, my parent make sure we didn’t run out of anything and gave us the opportunity to attend one of the most prestigious schools. We used share school books, toys and help each other do their homework and chores around the house. As this young I was already a team player which have a huge impact in my life until this day. My parent make sure we were responsible kids and take responsibility for our actions.
One of the earliest memories I have is that I started kindergarten at three years old and I remember crying on my first day at school because I wanted to stay with one of my older sister who at that time I used to call mother instead of my biological mother. I can recall this moment as if it was yesterday, it so vivid in my memoir. As a child, my siblings and I used to play a lot. We had a lot of toys and we used to play mom and dad role, doctor and on and on. My favorite toy was a stethoscope, I used to be all over people listen to their heart and crying when they didn’t want me to play with them.
In my lifespan as a child, I didn’t have any unexpected event that happen or I can really relate to.

However, my mother told me was allergic to dust at the age of six. My body was covered with acne that I couldn’t go to school for almost a month. I thinks it’s my fondest memory because I don’t recall that at all except for the fact that I have some dark spot on my legs due to that allergy
As I was getting older, being a middle child wasn’t easy for me, I felt I was an outsider, I used to do a lot chores such as cleaning and cooking. My mother taught me how to cook my favorite food, a Haitian food call “Diri ak djondjon” meaning “Rice with dry mushrooms” serve with Hans’s chicken sauce. Most of the time, I felt I was being neglected by parents while the eldest and youngest siblings got all the attention. They were so spoiled that we, the other children, used to confront our parents for not being their favorite.
Thinking about it now, being a middle the child wasn’t that bad, but it could have cause to have low self- esteem and to be resentful, especially if was the only middle .Although I didn’t like being a middle child, it did help me to better myself and make the person I’m today. Now that I ‘m an adult, I have nothing to reproach my parent instead I want to thank them for making this beautiful independent person that I am inside and outside. I very confident and proud of

myself.