Virtual Child Analysis

Through my Virtual Child, Boy is now at the age of 12, there has been many changes throughout the ages of 6 through 8. Especially the changes Boy experienced through adapting social situations at home and outside of the home. He experienced a few behavior and emotional problems, although nothing major, these changes are a response to him growing older. I will as well review the intelligence of Boy through the 5 intelligences of verbal, logical, mathematical, spatial, musical, and bodily-kinesthetic.
Many changes occur for children during the age of 6 to 8, such changes are leaving the comfort of their preschool environment and entering a real school environment. This new environment exposed Boy to many new experiences. How Boy would react

to these experiences will help shape his personality and how successful they become in a school environment. One of the major changes is the size of the students in the classroom because pre-school classes are smaller in number of children and Boy is more comfortable playing with only a small group of children. This increase in classroom size can make children feel more shy and unable to cope with the new social situation. Boy has possibly experienced this because the report gathered that he is shy at meeting new people. Another factor that would influence Boy's ability to adapt to the new school environment is the introduction of independence. The new teacher controlled environment closely monitors the children throughout the day but the playground environment is often not monitored as closely. The independence of the Boy's choice to friends he would play with can sometimes quite challenging and can cause problems for his social development or peer-relationships.
Multiple emotional situations occur during the age of six to eight years old which involves with developing a relationship with other people besides the family. Gaining attachment to another adult such as the teacher, coach or etc (Kail, 2015). Children start to understand more complex emotions and wanting to make new friendship, also they want more emotional freedom from their parents (Kail, 2015).
In terms of social interaction, Boy still prefers to socialize and play with children in his own gender and age. It is found that children in his age group still prefer to socialize with their own gender (Kail, 2015). There can be some interactions between boys and girls but they usually come in the form of teasing (Kail, 2015). Boy started to become aware of gender stereotypes more often now and this could also be a factor that lead to the exclusion of the opposite sex while socializing. Children at this age tend to be competitive, bossy and unhappy if they lose in a competition (Kail, 2015). Boy has shown that he cheats in order to win and is unhappy if he is caught cheating. I'd chose to tell him it's wrong to cheat and would only allow him to play if he would stop cheating.
Boy seems to be adapting well to school. Although he is quite shy around his newer classmates and with a not as outgoing personality. In his first grade report, it has been stated that "he worked cooperatively in groups usually respects rights and property of others, and usually demonstrates appropriate peer social interaction" (MyVirtualChild, 2015). Although noted as well that ”he sometimes over-reacts to stressful situations and can become anxious, moody or slightly depressed. With encouragement, he usually seems to come out of it before the day ends." (MyVirtualChild,2015). In order to encourage Boy to move out of his comfort zone, I started to choose options that would put him into newer environments which exposed him to new experiences. Also I let Boy be involved in group activities such as basketball and a band group so then he can develop better social skills.