Introduction to Gavin My virtual baby is a boy, named Gavin (Manis, 2008). The name Gavin was chosen because it is my favorite and is also similar to my paternal grandmother's maiden name, Gavaghan. Gavin has a virtual sibling, a younger sister named Chloe. There is a three year age difference between the two brothers. According to the plan I had a partner and we were married. Unfortunately, when Gavin was four we continued to argue and decided to separate. Two years later, we finally decided that the relationship was over and to divorce. Gavin's personality is closely related to the overcontrolled personality type (Manis, 2008). The overcontrolled category states that the child is “cooperative and follows rules, but is shy in social situations and anxious and clingy under pressure” (Manis, 2008). Gavin displays these characteristics at home but especially in nursery and finally at school. As a preschooler, Gavin showed signs of shy and clingy behavior with his peers. At first he watched the children before joining them and then, once he felt comfortable enough to play with the other children, he latched onto a few classmates in particular. When Gavin was selected for kindergarten again at age five, he was reluctant to participate in activities with unfamiliar children. Gavin is able to follow the rules and this is demonstrated by his participation in scouts. He is disciplined and focuses much of his time on Scouting and must work with his troop leaders to participate. Over time I have the feeling that Gavin's personality has changed, but not legally. When Gavin is twelve he starts arguing more about household chores and bedtime. He also starts getting into trouble with his friends when they get the idea to play a prank by passing... middle of paper ...... I have a close bond with me because there was more time spent together one on one . As Gavin grew up, however, there were times when our relationship wasn't as close as it had been. At the age of six Gavin began to often imitate his father. He copied his behaviors and even imitated gestures and copied sayings (Manis, 2008). Gavin wanted to do everything and anything he could do with his father and showed very little interest in me at the time. By age eight, even as the relationship grew stronger again, Gavin and I bonded every night by taking turns talking, reading before bed (Manis, 2008). Confiding in me about his dislike for his father's girlfriend also showed me how comfortable and good our relationship was. Although we had a close relationship during Gavin's senior year, we were able to become even closer during his first semester while he took a psychology class (Manis, 2008).