Brittany Garcia
Ms. Samuels
PSY-201 Developmental Psychology
September 14, 2014

Journal Entry #1
I was interested in the fact that David has consideration of all the generations that are now inhabiting his household and how his youngest child Glen will inherit from them be it genetic or environmental. I have only 2 generations in my household but it is interesting that maybe in the future I would have a child of my own then he or she would be considered a 3rd generation and I would like to see how the different cohorts would affect the child. The personality that they would have due to the diverse generation living under the same roof. When I was a toddler I did reside in my grandmother house in Grand Cayman, and I realize how much it helped me develop to the woman I am today. In my case I had my grandparents, aunts and my mother there to teach and guide me during my younger years.
David thinks that he should not be considering any particular theoretical perspective either all wrong or all right. I agree with his thought about considering a particular perspective as all theoretical perspective have supporting evidence that suggests that it will guide David to better the development of Glenn around is current surroundings. I was not knowledgeable of the fact that there are six theoretical perspectives. If I was a parent I would also choose not to use any particular one as each perceptive has a somewhat positive way of helping with a child's development as each perspective is based on its own premises and focuses on different aspects of