Assignment 2 Case Study of One Childs Development

Assignment 2 Case Study Parental Involvement in Learning and the Cognitive Development of a Seven-Year-Old Name Institutional Affiliation Course name Instructor’s name Assignment due date Parental Involvement in Learning and the Cognitive Development of a Seven-Year-Old Note: Names changes to protect the participants’ privacy. Family and Child Background Henry is seven years old and he lives with his older brother Liam, their mother Mary, and grandmother Esther in the same household. His brother is ten years old and they attend the same public school in the suburbs of Chicago. Henry is in the first grade and he depends on his brother, mother, and grandmother to prepare him for school every morning. During the interview, Mary said that she has been staying at her mother’s home for the past three years since her divorce with Henry’s father. Her ex-husband is not Liam’s father and she has been providing for the household since the children’s grandmother became sick two years ago. In addition to working two jobs, Mary has to take care of her mother and make sure she takes her medication and attends the doctor’s appointments. Sometimes, Henry’s grandmother is able to help with household chores when she is well enough and has assisted the children with the homework. The divorce had a significant impact on the family’s financial wellbeing and has affected Mary’s ability to become fully involved with his learning. She has to work more to provide for the family while taking care of the family on her own. She had to stay with Henry’s grandmother who would help with the children but her illness has significantly affected her physically over the past two years. Henry’s parents do not speak much after the divorce and her mother says she is the only one who takes care of his education and school appointments. The children take the bus together to school each morning but their mother is mostly at work when they get home. Under the supervision of their grandmother, Henry and his brother complete their homework before they are allowed to play. Mary helps Henry with his schoolwork only when she is available since she has to work and take care of the children’s grandmother’s treatment. She has limited contact with her ex-husband and they are unable to agree on matters involving the child’s education. She has assumed all the responsibilities that she shared with her ex-husband including the matters involving school and Henry’s education at home. Family Factor: Parent Involvement with Learning Mary has to balance between providing for the family and attending to her chores at home which includes her involvement with Henry’s learning. The family is dependent on her to work and keep both jobs to provide for their needs since their grandmother is unable to work. At his age, Henry’s homework requires the assistance of a parent to ensure that it is complete and provide any needed help (Liao et al., 2021). In most cases, Henry completes his homework alone or with the help of his grandmother by the time his mother gets home from work. From the interview, Mary admitted that in most cases, she is too tired to supervise his work or help him complete the school assignments. She noted that Henry’s father did most of the work with children’s assignments before the divorce and she did not have to work as much as she does today to provide for the children. She sometimes supervises Henry’s homework and is able to help occasionally when he faces a difficult problem in school assignments. Mary describes the divorce as a significant emotional event in her