A family of five was observed having breakfast at a café. The mother told the 4-year old son, Ammar, to eat his food multiple times as he struggled to cut his pancakes and kept eating fries from his brother's plate. Ammar asked for coffee but his mother told him to finish his pancake first. The family then paid the bill and left quietly without helping Ammar finish eating.

1. Parenting Style Observation
Novara A Dhedhi

2. Venue : Gloria Jeans Café
Time 12:15 pm
12:55 pm

3. Family of Five
• Three boys .
• Ages approximately 4 years, 7 years and 8
years.
• Family having breakfast at a table
• Menu : Eggs, toast, sausages and french-fries
on the table.

4. Ammar Eat your Food
• All four family members having breakfast ,
Ammar doesn’t have a plate in front of him. He is
sharing food with his brother who is sitting on his
right.
• The mother is busy eating her food.
• Ammar licks ketchup off of french fires.
• Mom: Ammar eat the sausage.
• Ammar looks at the sausage, turns it around in
his hand, dips it in ketchup and starts licking it.

5. Ammar continues licking ketchup
• Waiter serves a plate of stack of pancakes.
Ammar is really excited.
• Everyone gets on small pancake
• Ammar gets on in his own plate places right in
front of him
• He leaves sausage and picks a knife and fork
• Ammar struggles to cut the pancake with the
huge utensils in his hand
• He finally manages to cut a tiny piece and starts
to eat

6. Tea and Coffee
• Ammar eats a piece of pancake, turns to his
right and picks French fries from his brothers
plate, dips in ketchup and starts licking it
again.
• Waiter serves tea for mom and coffee for dad
• Ammar: Baba I want coffee .
• Dad does not reply
• Mom: “Ammar first finish your pancake”

7. A quiet family time
• Ammar picks up his knife and fork to eat but
he seems to struggle with cutting it. Nobody
helps him, he takes another piece and asks for
water
• He is given a nestle bottle to drink from.
• He drinks it from the bottle , then takes a glass
and empties it , few left over drops come out.
• Ammar sits with his other brother.

8. Games on Phone
• Son asks father if he can play with his phone
• Father refuses
• He asks three more times
• Gets the phone fourth time
• Ammar still hasn’t finished his food
• After a while, family pays the bill and leaves
quietly.

13. Date of Observation : Sunday 28th Feb 2016
Prosocial Behavior
TRC
Nuvaira Dhedhi