Childhood Observation

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Growing up I was reward for a lot of things I did because I wasn’t a troubled child. I can remember back in kindergarten and even daycare I used to be rewarded for putting together large complex puzzles. The reward I would receive would be from a piece of candy at daycare to cookies or a sticker with bob the builder on it in kindergarten. There was even one instance at daycare where I had cleaned up the play area full of those colorful balls for 25¢ a day. While at home I would be rewarded for taking the dogs out to use the bathroom and eating all of the food on my plate, which consisted of a lot of vegetables. Taking the dog to the bathroom was a “Thanks Lil Kevin” type of reward, which wasn’t too much, but it meant a lot to me. For eating …show more content…
I had toys ranging from action figures such as rescue heroes to Legos. From what I observed today I understand that the rescue hero action figures were muscular men that would fix stuff, protect the environment, and rescue people from natural disasters. When it came to the Legos I was mostly building things such as houses and stores. Legos in my opinion correlate to men in construction. Another toy I played with and collected a lot was hot wheels and in sort of cars. I would imagine that the car was real and form lines as if they were in traffic. Other times I would have a car battle competition with my cousin smashing the car together to see who made the loudest nose and who damaged the cars the most.
As I have gotten older I have become more masculine than I was as a kid. When I was younger I wasn’t really into sports at. I didn’t watch any football, hockey, or basketball games on TV. However, in the past 2 years I’ve gotten into watching and playing tennis. In my younger years I care for my appearance, but now I go shopping for cloths with friends something I would consider to be feminine. I believe I was influence by the people I surround myself with. My other guy friends and I like to look well so we go shopping together normally to make sure we don’t make a fool of