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I DARED, I DREAM, I MADE IT!

The Biography of Kyle Carmelotes

Kyle Palmamento Carmelotes, the girl who made her dream, a reality . She was born on September 8, 1998 at Toril, Davao City. Raised in a typical family household. His father, Ricardo Carmelotes is a high school graduate who works as an agent in Hugpong, and now on his senior years living as a house-husband and an on-call worker. Her mother Ana Lyn Palmamento-Carmelotes is an Education degree holder, major in mathematics who didn't pursue a career in teaching and worked as a social worker at Toril District. And transferred to the City Treasurer's office after awhile. She has a sister named Vyne who already graduated and is currently working at East West Rural Bank

Her childhood was not that simple, she was diagnosed with Cataracts in both eye, but discovered it separately. She undergone two sets of surgeries where her lens was removed because of the cataract, which lead her in using eyeglasses with a specific grade to aid her eyes and see things better. But that didn't made her to be the happiest kid in the world. She's still friendly and loves to play with all the kids she met.

When she reached elementary, she could feel changes in the way she walks, and by the age of 7, she started to go to a rheumathologist because of the knee pains and the deformities on her legs. She was advised to only drink her medication and excercise, and went back to the doctor every after 6 months. Despite having a Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, she's still an achiever in school and is very active in extra curricular tasks.

Fast forward to his senior years in high school, her arthritis is getting serious and she started going to a Physical Therapist, she was afraid but then the relief she felt after having the therapy made her realized that she has to prioritized it. But she finished her senior years and graduated at Saint Peterls College of Toril as a with honor in the strand Humanities and Social Sciences. She was torn on going to college and finish her therapy sessions and achieve her goal on not having the crutches as aid in walking. She was torn, but she knew that she wanted to finish school and have a bachelors degree.

Thinking of the future, she really wants to be a teacher but her plans were changed when she encountered the beauty of Psychology, so she tried her luch and took Psychology at Davao Doctor's College. She wasn't that driven with an intense motivation to be an outstanding college student, but she's trying her best. She still loses her confidence because of her difficult situation but the "RPm" on the name is now her goal. She promised herself to get that license despite the difficulty of the board subjects. After the four years of struggle and the roller-coaster ride, she graduated in the year 2022 and ranked top 8 on the Psychometrician's board exam.

After the board exam, the next thing she did was for her health, she searched for any foundation in the united states who could help her on her therapies, and so as her eyes. She was accepted in the "The Arc", a famous non-profit organization in Los Angeles who helps person with inability to be on their best versions of themselves. She took a huge step, not just for her health but for her totality as a person. She spent two years in Larchmont Therapy Clinic. During her therapy years she also find some online jobs to help her in her daily expenses in LA. After her knee surgery and therapy, she planned to go back to the Philippines. She is now ready to face the world, with her feet ready to cross bridges of opportunities.

And by new opportunities meant, an opportunity to become a lawyer. Today is the year 2030, Attorney Kyle Carmelotes passed the 2029 BAR exam and is currently working at the NBI main office in Taft Avenue Manila. Looking back to her life, she said that it was such an eventful, maybe no one would find it interesting. But she hope that to those who lost their motivation because of the circumstances that they're currently facing, they should remind themselves that life is really difficult whether you're reach or poor. The difference is on how you handle these difficulties, how motivated you are in achieving your goals and how willing you are to take big risks and keep on trying until failing becomes a reminder that you are having a progress but you got to push it harder. Remind yourself about your goals, you have came this far not just to come this far. Let her story be a reminder for everyone of us that your inability to do things become a hindrance to your success. Let your flaws be your claws to scratch all the doubts that others say about how your inability became your greatest ability

"They say I couldn't make it, that It would be hard to achieve this because this goal is too " Dreamy" Just have a little faith on yourself, I guess and TAKE THAT RISK! Maybe someday you"ll reach yours too"

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Late Adulthood: Remembering the Memories

Late adulthood is the stage of life from the 60s onward; it constitutes the last stage of physical change. Average life expectancy in the United States is around 80 years; however, this varies greatly based on factors such as socioeconomic status, region, and access to medical care. In general, women tend to live longer than men by an average of five years.

Grandparents who are more active before and are conscious to their health and wellness have a better posture and could easily move. They are having zumba sessions with their "kumares" and men who are privilidged enough tend to play golf.

During late adulthood the skin continues to lose elasticity, reaction time slows further, and muscle strength diminishes. Hearing and vision—so sharp in our twenties—decline significantly; cataracts, or cloudy areas of the eyes that result in vision loss, are frequent. The other senses, such as taste, touch, and smell, are also less sensitive than they were in earlier years. The immune system is weakened, and many older people are more susceptible to illness, cancer, diabetes, and other ailments. Cardiovascular and respiratory problems become more common in old age. Seniors also experience a decrease in physical mobility and a loss of balance, which can result in falls and injuries.

I remembered my nanay, she is now on her 80's and she loves to tell stories about life, how she managed to ace her class. She's an achiever by the way and very smart. She loves to talk about how life before was simple and sweet. Now she's more into Facebook, she loves to take selfies and  post a lot of inspirational quotes. She comments on my photos telling how she loves my dress, my make up and how's school. I can't believe that ath this point my nanay still has that sharp memory and very jolly. She helped me a lot wjen I was still a baby, now it's my time to understamd the changes that she experiences. I want her to feel that even if she's old, she will never be a burden.

Filipinos love to take good care of their lolo's and lola's and we are too attached to our familiest that's why even when they grow old and weak, families are opening their arms widely and take good care of their grandparents. Grandparents will always have a big place in our hearts.

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Middle Adulthood: The Kind of Life I Planned

Middle adulthood, or middle age, is the time of life between ages 40 and 65. During this time, people experience many physical changes that signal that the person is aging, including gray hair and hair loss, wrinkles and age spots, vision and hearing loss, and weight gain, commonly called the middle age spread

This is a relatively new period of life. One hundred years ago, life expectancy in the United States was about 47 years. Life-expectancy has increased globally by about 6 years since 1990 and now stands at 68 years and ranges from 57 years in low-income countries to 80 in high-income countries (World Health Organization, 2011). This number reflects an increase in life expectancy in Africa due to availability of antiretroviral medications to reduce HIV/AIDS, and a decrease in Europe

Lachman (2004) provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing midlife adults. These include:

Losing parents and experiencing associated grief.

Launching children into their own lives.

Adjusting to home life without children (often referred to as the empty nest).

Dealing with adult children who return to live at home (known as boomerang children in the United States).

Becoming grandparents.

Preparing for late adulthood.

Acting as caregivers for aging parents or spouses.

Massive changes happens in this stage in life. It is the start of being busy as a parent taking good care of the family. My parents are both in this stage of their life. I have seen the changes in their mood and how they treat us as if we are adults who needs to be on the right path where we wanted. They say that they will just be our guide and we’ll do the effort.They wanted to feel like everything that they say should be followed. They don’t want to be the “kontrabidas” of our life but at some oint they are. I wanted to make them feel like they are still the adults. They may not be the perfect couple in the world, but they are the best parents in the world.That’s why when I get older and reached this stag, I want my kids to feel the love, care and support that my parents gave. I don’t want to be just like my parents because of their flaws, but I want my kids to feel how I felt in the comfort of my parents.

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Early Adulthood: Life on Progress

Early adulthood (also called "young adulthood") is a stage of life between 20 and 30 years, when grown ups become more independent and explore different life possibilities. For example, in the EU member states, a young adult is a person from 20 to 29 years old.

These are the Key Points/ Highlights iin this Stage 

Achieving autonomy: trying to establish oneself as an independent person with a life of one’s own

Establishing identity: more firmly establishing likes, dislikes, preferences, and philosophies

Developing emotional stability: becoming more stable emotionally which is considered a sign of maturing

Establishing a career: deciding on and pursuing a career or at least an initial career direction and pursuing an education

Finding intimacy: forming first close, long-term relationships

Becoming part of a group or community: young adults may, for the first time, become involved with various groups in the community. They may begin voting or volunteering to be part of civic organizations (scouts, church groups, etc.). This is especially true for those who participate in organizations as parents.

Establishing a residence and learning how to manage a household: learning how to budget and keep a home maintained.

Becoming a parent and rearing children: learning how to manage a household with children. Making marital adjustments and learning to parent.

The term “Adulting” is more evident in this stage, males and females are on the “what’s next phase”. They will try to understand life and decide on the things that would make them feel like they are on the right pace of their dream.It is not easy to balance life with work, responsibilities and at the samwe time would have time to reward yourself, be with your friends and start to have a lovelife. Bakit nga ba maraming tanong, maraming kailangan gawin at maraming dapat isaayos? The kind of life that these adults are living depends on the people that they have in their circle. The more that adults are in the wrong circle, the more pressure they could feel. That’s why when adults reach this point in time, they should start to plan ahead on the things that will happen next when one of their checklist are achieved. And when I reach this point in time, I could tell myself that I won’t be worried on the pressure that my peers are giving me because I know and am confident that Life Goals are better than the Preasure that could make me say that “nasa uso ako”.

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Adolescence: The Search of Oneself

Adolescence is the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood. It can be a time of both disorientation and discovery. Curiosity is at its peek, they are curious more on complex things, things that are "mature'" enough.

One of the leading characteristics of adolescence is the biological growth and development, at this point their bodies experience puberty and are more matured and well formed

An undefined status, it is when they all started to create relationships with people especially friends and would also start "dating" and be curious on a lot of things like drugs, sex, alcohol and addiction. When they started to get to this point, they become uncontrollable because they are aware on the things that they do and will start to rebel once their wants are not being sufficed. Peer pressure is what mostly triggers their curiosity in doing such things, because as what they see around them may affect on their decisions. Some would always want to be "nakikisabay sa uso" that's why addiction, teenage pregnancy and alchoholics are being "born" at this stage

Experiences that doesn't make sense makes you feel like you are not who you are, you are searching for your true self. At this stage you will start asking and validating your true self and answers to these are unclear. As confusing as it may seem, we are the ones who makes complications to ourselves. We are the once who couldn't accept the real answers and would try to ask again that would lead us to search more. The search won't end when we are not following the direction that will lead us to its finish line. We like to take shortcuts, shortcuts that will then mislead us to the right direction. We don't need confusion, all we need is to accept the answers and make the right decision.

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Middle Childhood: The Excitement Awaits

Learning has already started from the beginning of their life, but in this stage learning is a part of their everyday life because kids are enrolled!

School bags ready, ironed uniform is hanged nicely. Children are excited with their new supplies, they'll meet new friends and learn a lot of stuff. Their abilities are trained and their bodies are stronger. They grew taller and are more active. Talents are also discivered during this stage. They will see how the world has a variety, everything's not just what they believe it was. Their curiosity through things are being fed and would learn more on decision-making. They could experience achievement and learn how to accept failure.

The risks that they might encounter during this stage is peer discrimination, teasing, bullying that may effect to social isolation. On the other hand, they will also experience the "highs" where their learning ability exceeds and new learnings are attained. They will learn on organizing their thoughts and elaborating their explanations.

Being at this stage, you will understand how a child's learning ability flows, if they were treated nicely and parents are supportive in everything that they do then there will be no problems on the child's advancements of learning. But at some point children with special needs are more likely discussed in this stage especially on the part when they start schooling and the environment of the school doesn't fit their learning capabilities. I wanted to stress out that when your child has this specific need, they should be placed in an environment that they are comfortable with. This might be the start on how your child would react to the surroundings and would might change the behavior that he/she is doing. Children with special needs has a very special place in my heart because they are angels sent from heaven who gives hope for the kindness that humanity could give

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Fun-filled Learnings in Early Childhood

Growing up and learning how to totally walk, run around and play. These are mostly the things that a child could do during this stage. Kids at this point are too interested in a lot of stuff. Questions like what, where and how are most likely asked. They are wanderers of how reality works.

Curiosity, that is the word that would best describes the kids in this stage. They wanted to know everything, and by that realy means EVERYTHING. They are best at observing things and would try to imitate the actions they see, the sound they hear and draw things similar to what they see. They love to scribble and explain how thos scribble become their work of art.

Talkative, kids at this stage talks a lot, their words are similar to what the adults say. We tend to understand kids at this stage when they are blabbering words. This is also the time when communication starts. Kids aren't afraid to meet new friends and they can easily get along with other kids.

Children are mostly enrolled in pre-school when they reached 4-6 years old. Here in the Philippines as early as how old the kids are eager to go to school, parents who are fortunate enough to send their kids to school would totally love to enroll them. But in this generation, kids are afraid at school and are more into gadgets. They learn more in speaking fluently through the songs and cartoons they see in Youtube or even in television. They are more knowledgable on how to explore apps on phones and would demand to download more games that would catch their interests.

My early years in childhood was fun, it was fun up until I started going to school. I thought that I could do it, that I am ready to learn and engage with new set of people that are out of my comfort zone but I was wrong. When the time that my classmate said "Umalis yung sundo mo" I ran fast and look through the window and saw no one outside, kids start to tell me that I was "iyakin" and that I am an old woman because I wear glasses. At that point in time I felt sad and like my heart just fell. I then realized that I wasn't prepared fo this big step, that I am longing for the comfort of the people who were at home.

We cannot really identify if kids who are this eager to conquer the world is prepared for the wonders that it gives. Kids are still fragile on their emotions, but would immediately trust you when your approach suits their liking. And I know that when I become a mom, I will be quite afraid and a little excited on how my child could react when her curiosity to the world was answered.

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Infancy: This is the Start!

Infancy is the period of life between birth and the acquisition of language approximately 1-2 years after birth.

Have you noticed how newborns routine happens in a day? They mostly are asleep. Newborns typically sleep for about 16–18 hours a day, but the total amount of time spent sleeping gradually decreases to about 9–12 hours a day by age two years. That's why when newborns are asleep, most parents especially the moms are taking this as an advantage to take some rest or do some pending household chores.

What do newborns eat? Newborns definitely couldn't take aolid meals, that's why the ideal food for the young infant is human milk, though infant formula is an adequate substitute. Babies can usually be weaned after they are six months old, and the appearance of teeth allows them to switch from soft foods to coarser ones by the end of the first year. The first tooth usually erupts at about six months.

Milestones on Infancy

The infant’s understanding and mastery of the physical world begins with the reflex movements of newborns. These movements progress within three months to such actions as sucking, grasping, throwing, kicking, and banging, though these are purposeless and repeated for their own sake. During the 4th to the 8th month, the infant begins to repeat those actions that produce interesting effects, and from the 8th to the 12th month he begins coordinating his actions to attain an external goal.

The figure 6.10 shows more Milestones in Infancy

Back when I was an infant, my mama used to massage my hands and feet, she loves massaging my feet because she believes tha I'll grow taller when I reached my teenage years. While I was scrolling through my photo album, I found some cute photos of me during my Infancy years, babies are indeed cute at that point in time. I am too behave but a playful kind of baby. Mama said that she used to put on a hairband on my head so that people would know that I am a girl because my hair's not that thick when I was a baby.

Now that I have learned a lot from this stage in life, I could definitely say that infants are too fragile, they need a lot of love and care. They need parents who could support their needs and also parents that could be there to take note of the milestones that they've achieved. Infancy stage is a memorable stage because there will be a lot of firsts at this moment. Soon I will also know how to take good care of an infant and I won't be that having a hard time understanding on how and why does these changes occur to them.

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Prenatal: The Start of Life

 Developmental psychologists consider the process of human development as it relates to physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. This lifespan development is organized into different stages based on age. Prenatal development is the process that occurs during the 40 weeks prior to the birth of a child, and is heavily influenced by genetics.

There are three stages of prenatal development:

1. Germinal Stage

The Germinal stage is the stage of development that occurs from conception until 2 weeks (implantation). Conception occurs when a sperm fertilizes an egg and forms a zygote. A zygote begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge

2. Embryonic Stage

It is the period after implantation, during which all of the major organs and structures within the growing mammal are formed. 

3. Fetal Stage

Once cell differentiation is mostly complete, the embryo enters the next stage and becomes known as a fetus. The fetal period of prenatal develop marks more important changes in the brain. This period of development begins during the ninth week and lasts until birth.

Prenatal development is also organized into trimesters: the first trimester ends with the end of the embryonic stage, the second trimester ends at week 20, and the third trimester ends at birth.

Every person is made up of cells containing chromosomes, which are the genetic material that determines many things about a person, such as eye and hair color, biological sex, and personality traits. Gene expression in organisms is carefully regulated to allow the organisms to adapt to differing conditions. Genes can either be dominant or recessive, meaning they can either be expressed or hidden. Gene regulation is the process by which cells differentiate: while some cells develop into brain cells, others develop into liver cells, intestinal cells, or the sexual reproductive organs.

Life is amazing, we see things that would make us wonder why and how it happens. This is the product of a successful sexual intercourse where there’s already a baby starting to grow inside a mother’s womb. It is already a life even if it is not yet born. It is growing inside the mother. Once I decided to start a family and become a mother, I would be aware on the do’s and don’ts that I should take note so that the baby growing in me would be on its healthy shape. Having a life inside you is a responsibility, a HUGE responsibility that you must be prepared with. Prepare not just being a mother or a father, but to be prepared as a dependable caregiver that could provide the needs and is responsible enough to take good care and change the unhealthy lifestyle that you are used to do when you are free from the responsibility. Prenatal may be the time of sacrifices but in the end, when the baby is fully formed and is born healthy, then everything that you’ve done will be worth it.