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NARRATI
VEREPORT

Human devel opmenti st he pr ocess ofchange overt ime in an indi

vidual'
s
char acteri
sti
csandbehavi ourt hrought hei nteractionofbi ol
ogical
,psychol
ogical
andsoci alfacti
ors.Gr owingupwi t
houtthef ullguidanceofacompl et
efami l
yis
notandneverwi llbeeasyasi tisformymot her .Sher ai
sedmeonherownwhen
iwas4year sold,I'veseenhersuf feredandnowi knowhowpr i
cel
essitwouldbe
i
fshe' dseemef inishmyst udiesint hefuture.Thedevel opmentofahumancan
alsobeaf fectedbyone' sphysi cal
,intel
l
ectual ,s oci
al,cul
tural
,spir
it
ualandmor al
growt h.Gr owingupi sapr ocess ,i
t'soneoft hoset hingsthatpeoplesayandact
l
ikei tissomesor tofmi r
acle,butt heydon' tact uall
yunder st
and whati tt
akest o
got hrought hechangeswhathappendur ingt hismaj orli
fetransi
ti
on.

Mymom sai dmynewbor nphasewasf ullofsleepl

essnight
sforbothofmy
parent
s,mymot hersai
diwasabr easf
eedbabybecauseshesai ditwasadvised
toherbyherpar ent
s.Shealsosai
diusedt ocr yalotwhenIcouldn'
tfi
ndher ,i
alwayscl
inguntoher.Theysai
dIwasn'tthatfondofmyf at
her.Accordi
ngt
omy
mother,t
her oom wasalwaysful
lofcri
es,diapers,l
ampinsandallbabyst
uff.It
washardf ort
hem butt
heysaidi
twastheirdutytodoso.

Wheniwasat oddl
ermymot hersai diwasaddi ctedt
ocrawli
ngever ywhere,
playi
ngwi t
hmyt oys,sear
chingf orthi
ngsar oundme,andistar
tedtoeathar d
foods.Il
ovedt oplayaroundwi thotherchil
drenwhichmademeexpl or
eal otof
t
hingsonmyown.Icanr ecognizethecolorofthethi
ngsandal
sothi
sisthestage
wherei l
earnedtowalkinsmal l
stepswi t
hthehelpofmyparent
s.

I
npr eschoolagei swher eist artedtowalkonmyown,r unandpl aywi thot her
chil
dr en.Icanal
sout t
erwor dst hataremostl
ysai daroundme.Ial sostartedt obe
fri
endswi thmynei ghborswhoal sohavechil
dreni ntheirhouse,iusedt ocomeat
theirhouset opl
ay.Asf arasicanr emember ,ireall
ylovet oplayout si
dewi t
hmy
cousinandourot herfri
endsi nournei ghborhood,weusedt ostayout sidef rom
10am t o4pm justtopl aywithourf ri
ends.Iwasachi ldwhodoesn' tstayinone
placebecausemyf at
heral wayst akemet ohisprovinceandst aytheref orabout
aweekandaweekl ateriwasatmymot her'
spr ovince.Imovef rom pl acest o
placest hat'
swhyihadal otoff ri
ends,iwasashychi l
dbutthenbecauseofi ti
gott olearnhowtomakenewf ri
endsagainwi t
houtbei ngshy.

I
nmyschoolyearsigotalotoffri
endsandal sogai
nedphysicali
mpr ovements
especi
all
yonmyheight
.Icanidenti
fyshapes,col
orsandthi
ngscor r
ectly.Iwas
al
sotaughthowt
oreadawallcl
ock.Icanstil
lrememberial
mostburstoutcr yi
ng

1
becauseiwasal
readysleepybutmyauntwoul dn'tletmesl
eepnotunti
lil
ear
n
how toreadawallcl
ock,that
'show il
ear
nedreadi ngawallcl
ockatt
heyound
age.Therei
snori
ghtorwr ongasyougetolder
,justremai
nawareofyourhabi
ts
andhowyouspendyourt i
me.