My part in volunteering at the carnival was to help with set up and to start a shift at the “Treasure Dig Booth” along the strip of games at the edge of the carnival. I noticed when I look back at it is that the children who participated were in this sort of spectrum of curiosity. Some cases, one child would dig through the dirt and be satisfied with the first object they found. Others would keep digging to find more interesting prizes, showing their enhanced sense of exploration during the second stage of Erikson's psychosocial theory. This all depended on how the parents' wishes were set, and their parenting style. One kid came up to the booth five times (I was shocked to even see business at this booth!) and ask questions about what to expect when searching through the brown artificial dirt. He asked questions such as "Are there any special prizes at the bottom?" I said I didn't know, but then he pulled up this enormous shell and I was again shocked. Multiple amounts of children with their moral reasoning level were noted and also influenced their behavior at the carnival. Some children grew impatient and started digging without paying the ticket amount or having thought about the other children in line. One child kept looking for items in the dirt, exceeding the prize limit per person.
A lot of the parents were a little permissive with their parenting style, often standing a distance from their child to be focused on other issues. Although some parents weren't involved in encouraging the child's sense for adventure or negatively reinforcing the rules of behavior, some of the children were independent enough to analyze the situation visualized with their abilities equivalent to an adults. One child who introduced herself as Emily waited in line patiently (unlike the others) and first inquired about the rules of the game with a pleasant grin. The parent was greatly involved in the child's participation by encouraging her to find the prize and telling her to bury the prizes she found, but didn't want. The way young Emily acted during the game was shaped by her mother's parenting style, and the nature-nurture factors that played in her surroundings from the time she was born to the atmosphere around her that day.
Not one child was under the age of 9 months, due to the fact of not seeing the toys through the dirt, therein making it out of their minds and reducing their interest in playing the game. By the time the children have learned the concept of object permanence they would have an increased interest in the game. Assimilation and Accommodation play a role when the kids play this search game. For example, one child’s past experience with dirt and sand may learn either that there’s something buried inside the sand, or the sand might be covered in germs and would cause them to feel uncomfortable. One small kid didn’t want to touch the dirt because it made his clothes get covered with the stuff, for the mother refused to let her child to break her wish of keeping her child clean. I gave the kid a prize from the bag instead of letting him continue to play in the make believe sand. The option between digging in the sand and getting a prize from the bag also aided the child’s development in moral reasoning. By giving him options, that might make him think about doing the right thing according to the parent’s rules or their interest in exploring the tub of sand.
I saw other attractions with children eagerly waiting to ride such as the inflatable. The present colors and their past experiences with inflatable objects will help them decide whether to get on the ride or not. When I saw the line for the slide, I confirmed that most children were attracted to the ride. This also was influenced by nature-nurture factors and by the child’s parents’ parenting style. The style could have been Authoritative or Permissive.
The parents’ stage in Erikson’s theory was somewhere in between the sixth or seventh stage. There was a secure attachment between the kids and their parents throughout the duration of my shift at the carnival. It’s easy to see that generativity was applied to the event of the carnival from the parents, volunteers, and the community with its staff members all aiding the younger generation develop worthwhile, meaningful, mentally and physically healthy lives. My part helped them experience new things or giving them a challenge for a reward. In conclusion, volunteering at this event did aid in the
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