Ciao! My name is
Margherita De Luca and I am 8 years old living in the capital city of Italy,
Rome. I am in 3rd grade. I live with my parents and my older brother
Joshua. We are a small family but four people in a family is typical now in
Italy and most of my friends are either an only child or they have one sibling
(De Filippo). On an average day; I wake up and eat a breakfast of milk and
chocolate cookies, go to school, we have a morning snack time where I might eat
a piece of plain white pizza, lunch time is around 1:30pm and I will usually go
home to eat with my parents (we usually have pasta
and tomato sauce, a salad and prosciutto, which is cured ham), after school I
usually go home and our dinner time is after 8:00pm where I might eat fish and
steamed vegetables and bedtime is usually around 10:00pm (Around The World).
I
spend a lot of time with my family. My parents are very nurturing and attentive
and I feel very close to them. We always have at least one meal together during
the day where we share our days’ events whether that is lunch or dinner it just
depends (De Filippo). They spend as much time as they can with me outside of
just mealtimes and they really encourage affection (Cozzi et al., 2013). I
would probably be considered a very cuddly child and I think I am that way
because my parents have always been very sensitive during interactions with me.
I also am very outgoing and I like to socialize, this may be because my parents
have emphasized social stimulation (Cozzi et al., 2013).
I
love going out to restaurants with my parents. Usually we will go around 8:00
or 9:00pm and stay till around 11:00pm. I get to sit and talk with my parents
and stay awake as long as I can until eventually I am too tired and fall asleep
on my mother’s lap (Marshall, 2012). Adults are kind and welcoming to me and
always have been throughout my short life, they seem to like kids and I am
never considered bothersome or annoying when I am around them (Marshall, 2012).
The parenting style my parents use is “permissive” because they are warm and
nurturing and allow me to regulate my own life and provide few firm guidelines
(Matsumoto & Juang, 2013). This is signified by not having set bedtime, the
fact that I am encouraged to make my own decisions and the relaxed style of
parenting.
One
of my favorite things to do in my hometown with my family is to visit the
Vatican, which is the home of the Catholic Church. This is actually a separate
country within the city of Rome (Around the World). We are Roman Catholic,
along with over one billion other Roman Catholic people that reside in Rome
(Demetri). Pasta is my favorite food. Finally, my favorite Italian singer is Elisa and I
have included my favorite song by her on my page, “Ecco che.”
Until next time, Ciao!
P.S. Ciao in Italian is both hello
and goodbye (Around the World).
References
Around
The World. In Time For Kids online. Retrieved
from http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/italy/day-in-life
Cozzi,
P., Putnam, S.P., Menesini, E., Gartstein, M.A., Aureli, T., Calussi, P.,
Montirosso, R. (2013). Studying Cross-Cultural differences in Temperament in
Toddlerhood: United States of America (US) and Italy. Infant Behavior &
Development, 36(3), 480-483.
De
Filippo, Anna. Families Then and Now. Life in Italy. Retrieved from http://www.lifeinitaly.com/italian-families-then-and-now
Demetri,
Justin. Religion in Italy. Life in Italy.
Retrieved from http://www.lifeinitaly.com/culture/religion
Marshall,
Jeannie. (2012). What Italians can teach us about child-rearing. The Globe
and Mail. Retrieved from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/what-the-italians-can-teach-us-about-child-rearing/article534265/
Matsumoto,
D., & Juang, L. (2013). Culture and Psychology (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Jon-David Hague.
No comments:
Post a Comment