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Questions: 1.Impact of diabetes and family life on Morags social and cognitive development? 2.What could be done to normalize Morags social and cognitive development? 3.How Morags brother, John, could be more actively involved in Morags care plan? Answers: Introduction The case talks about a young girl, Morag, who suffers from insulin dependent diabetes. She lives with her single mother and younger brother. Her mother is depicted as controlling, over protective and strict. Recently, she has been given an opportunity to attend a camp where she has successfully and responsibly taken good care of her health by herself. However, upon her return, she has not borne the fruits of her labor. This has led to an extreme level of frustration within Morag. This frustration has border lined to being self-destructive. Upon discussion with a counselor, it has been brought to notice that Morags mother has found her purpose of life in taking care of Morag and is finding it increasingly difficult to let that control slip away. This essay throws light on three things firstly, how her family life and disease affects her cognitive development. Secondly, recommendations to normalize the same. And lastly, if there is a role that her brother can play to take care of his s ister. 1.Diabetes has made Morag realize that she is different from others. She considers her disease a major hindrance in her life and is often worried what her friends might think about it. She notices that her brother is allowed much more freedom than herself despite being three years younger to her. This makes her upset. Piagets social and cognitive development theory clearly indicates that a girl her age starts to think logically and reason out things on a daily basis (Mischel, 2013). Once she started taking care of her own injections at the camp, she found it increasingly difficult to reason out why her mother needed to give her the injection. Unable to reason out lead to increased frustration (Simply Psychology, 2009). Her mothers parenting style is Authoritarian and hence leads to low responsiveness from her end (Parenting for brain, 2017). Authoritarian parents children often show behavioral problems and this is evidenced by the fact that Morag constantly has sugar drinks at school and often skips meals. This is a certain form of retaliation from her end. Children whose parents are that authoritarian and make all their decisions for them, have low social skills and this is why Morag barely has any friends. This is due to a lack of confidence in herself which has been due to the inability to make any decisions on her own. On the other hand, her mothers parenting style with her brother is rather permissive. He is allowed to go out and play with his friends. His behavior is not as sternly monitored (Johnson, 2011). Being in the same house, this is creating an internal conflict within Morag and is leading to increased frustration. 2. It has been stated that Morag remains depressed and unfulfilled. Measures to normalize her development must be taken at once so that the effect does not remain long term. Considering Vygotskys theory of cognitive development, Childrens intelligence is measured by their ability to learn from instructions. These teachers or instructors are often referred to as MKOs (More knowledgeable other), who can play the role of a teacher, parent, friend or guide (Very well, 2017). Once Morag went to the camp, she quickly and promptly learnt how to do her injections herself and took personal responsibility for her meals. This indicates a high level of intelligence and the frustration building within her was due to this lack of recognition for her intelligent self. According to Vygotsky, whenever a childs present level of development is not acknowledged, his or her potential level of development shrinks leading to a reduced zone of proximal development (Psychohawks, 2010). Another important aspect of Vygotskys theory is Scaffolding. Which clearly indicates that whenever parents do anything to support their children, they must learn to reduce their efforts depending on the childs growth (UDEMY, 2014). This progression of different levels of help is scaffolding. Using the zone of proximal development, Morags social and cognitive development can be shaped by recognizing her efforts to take care of herself and appreciating the same. Recognizing her current development and encouraging her further will increase her zone of potential development. Also, it is important that now she be given independence to do her injections by herself. Her mother must learn the art of Scaffolding. Absence of that will lead to further frustration and Morag will find it increasingly difficult to make decisions for herself when required. One more interesting fact to be kept in mind is resilience theory which indicates an individuals ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in the face of adversity (NCBI, 2013). It is said, people facing adversity often try to compensate in other areas of their life. Morag is brought up by a single mother and is suffering from insulin dependent diabetes at a really young age. This can be used as a tool for her self-motivation and encourage her to take more and better responsibility of her life. It is thus important that her mother must transfer the control of Morags life in to her hands slowly and gradually. 3. Vygotsky as well as Piaget, both indicate that social interactions and language impact a childs development. First and foremost her brother must understand and get a grip on the family situation. He must in detail know what his sister is going through. John must understand this in detail and help his sister increase her social circle. Family is the first social environment that anyone encounters. It has been noticed that john is allowed to play with his friends, in such circumstances, he must invite his sister and take more responsibility for her safety. If he were close to his sister, he would have probably been able to keep a check of her eating habits in her mothers absence. John must really put in a lot of efforts in spending more and more time with her sister and make her feel normal. He can also take an active part in learning from her sister. If he gives Morag a role of a teacher in certain aspects of his life, she will feel appreciated and important. References Johnson, L. E., Kelley, H. M. (2011). Permissive parenting style. InEncyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development(pp. 1080-1080). Springer US. Mischel, T. (Ed.). (2013).Cognitive development and epistemology. 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