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Contemplating consciousness with his meditation group gives him some peace about his mortality.

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Mark finally agreed to stop driving after a fender bender with another car. He hates to admit that his reaction time is a little slower that it used to be. He has also noticed that he seems to be forgetting things more than usual. Although he does not want to give up both his driving and retire, Mark has adjusted by volunteering, exercising, and solving puzzles with his wife, Ashley.

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Mark Jenkins, aged 80, has passed away peacefully on May 5th, 2060 in his home after having a successful and fun-filled life. Mark was born on July 21, 1980, in Chicago, to Anne Wilthew, Kirsten Horne, and Chynna Burney. He was a 1998 graduate from Lake Forest Academy and from University of Washington in 2006. He married his high school sweetheart, Ashley, on January 21, 2002 in Seattle. He worked as a neurologist for 35 years at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Although him and his wife Ashley never had children, they spent most of their time volunteering at local shelters. With the death of Mark, he leaves behind his loving wife, his best friend Ben, and his guru buddies that he would meditate with occasionally. Private family services were held at their own discretion.

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As the years go by Mark begins to age , he gains some wrinkles due to old age but that doesn't stop him from being the good looking man he is . He also decreases in height but only by an inch and half making him now 6 feet 2 inches and a half and now weighing 188 ; Mark doesn't let any of this stop him from doing what he wants .

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While he is agnostic, Mark believes in the practice of meditation and awareness. He finds meaning and connection with this spiritual practice.

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Though he didn't pursue a professional career in baseball he still played from time to time along with continuing his healthy diet and regularly exercising,  he's aged pretty well and has maintained his athletic build but has gained a couple pounds making him weigh 185 but that's because he has began to work a regular job and doesn't play baseball 24/7 .

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Mark has reached a stable point in his career and is looking forward to his life as a middle-aged adult with his wife, who was his high school sweetheart. His affectionate love for her has increased as he has entered middle adulthood and has developed a strong foundation in his marriage. He continues to hang out with his best friend, Ben, a few times a month to watch baseball together and laugh at the ridiculous things they see on a social media website known as Twitter.

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After 35 years at the same company, Mark has now retired and is living a fantastic life. He enjoys spending his free time watching baseball, spending time with his wife, volunteering, or working in his garage on small projects. He now has more time to spend with his friends from over the years as well as being able to focus on his family. Social support is very important to him at this age because it is directly related to his physical and mental health (Santrock 2015, pg. 584).

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After performing well and remaining in the same job for over a decade, Mark is extremely efficient and thoroughly knowledgeable. Many interns at the hospital turn to him for accumulated experience.

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Too old to work, too young to retire. The gray hair says otherwise.

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Excelling in college and medical school, he has become a quite successful neurologist.

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Mark has had a decent amount of conflict with his parents in the summer months. He wants to have independence and feels embarrassed when they keep asking him where he is going, what he is up to, or even how his day was. But he turns to them when he is stressed about friends or school.

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With his strong passion for baseball, Mark has kept his slim athletic build by regularly going to the gym and having healthy diet. He is now 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. He is at peak physical performance and hopes to use these skills to continue being a star player on his college baseball team.

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Though Mark is already a constructive thinker he becomes more advanced and creative within in his knowledge, especially in specific areas and in realistic thinking.

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Mark and his high school sweetheart, Ashley, have a serious relationship, but since he started college a few states away, he finds she is a little mistrusting, possessive, and demanding of his time. He feels himself distancing from her and focusing his energy on school and sports.

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Excelling in highschool, he decided to move to Seattle to attend the University of Washington

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With Valentine's day approaching, Mark is making a red heart for his crush Ashley in math class. He doesn't quite know how to handle his feelings, and wants to be both inconspicuous and noticed by her.

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Mark has developed a sense of goal-directed behavior and exercises his sense of self-control (Santrock, 2015, p. 359). He is able to make good decisions and with the help of his ADHD medication he is more able to control his attention and reduce distractions around him in the classroom.

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Not only is Mark an athlete, but he is a Mathlete. He fits in with the jocks, but secretly enjoys hanging around his cerebral peers in the competitive math club. He is experimenting with many identities.

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Mark is still in the formal operational stage and has realized he is an active, constructive thinker. With that being said, he responds to events in ways that help promote his growth and development as a person to minimize conflict with others. His ADHD medication has also resolved in insomnia issues and gets regular amounts of sleep now

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Mark is now 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. He is well into puberty and even has his first girlfriend! His voiced has lowered to a deep, raspy tone and he loves going to the gym regularly to keep his athletic build.

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Before he knew it, Mark was turning 15 and preparing to be cool enough to start driving!

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Mark is now entering the Formal Operational stage! He has moved beyond critical thinking and started to think in a more logical and abstract way. (Santrock, 2015, p. 22). He also begins thinking about possibilities for his future of becoming a professional baseball player.

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According to Leshem (2016), once these cognitive abilities are developed, adolescents begin to learn cognitive and emotional skills. His best friend, Ben, was recently in an accident that led to him being hospitalized. With the development of good emotional skills, Mark was able to cope accordingly because he knew Ben would be okay.

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Leshem, R. (2016). Brain Development, Impulsivity, Risky Decision Making, and Cognitive Control: Integrating Cognitive and Socioemotional Processes During Adolescence-An Introduction to the Special Issue. Developmental Neuropsychology, 41(1/2), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2016.1187033

Santrock, J. (2015). Life-span Development, 15th Ed. p. 22, 172, 206, 279, 373, 584.  NY. McGraw Hill Education.

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Mark is beginning to figure out who he is a person and this causes minimal self-esteem issues because he realizes he isn't the "top dog" like he was elementary school but he copes with it .

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Mark has now developed  the ability to recognize good emotional information and cope with different difficult situations presented to him.

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Mark is now 12, and weighs 98 lbs and is 5' tall. He is entering puberty, and realizes he is attracted to girls.

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After turning 12 over the summer, Mark is ready to take on middle school.

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Surrounded by a supportive mother and father, and an encouraging science teacher, Mark enjoys puts his high energy to learning and asking questions. His parents ask him about his "home experiments" in his room, and provide safe lab materials.

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Mark is entering the Concrete Operational stage!
He understands that quantities remain the same even if the shape changes. He is just beginning to learn algebraic equations. (Santrock, 2015, p. 279 ).

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Mark is popular among his peers, and has been chosen by Benjamin, Cody, and Skylar as their best friends. He laughs with them a lot and makes sure that they are okay when they get injured on the baseball team.

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Following his insomnia and the delayed peak in the thickness of his cerebral cortex, we found that he has ADHD.

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Mark is 4'10" and weighs 80 lbs. He gets plenty of exercise, because he plays sports. His favorite sport is baseball, in which he is the All Star pitcher. He has mastered rapid movements for his age group. Last summer, he broke his arm by sliding to first base, and still suffers some pain recently.

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Mark just recently turned 10 years old and is ready to be done with elementary school.

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Steven, Mark's best friend, and he are competitive, and they race each other to the park. Steven ridicules Mark when he tries to play with barbie dolls

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His parents want him to be bilingual and are teaching him both English (native language) and Hebrew (second language). He can replicate both sounds from his first and second language. His vocabulary is expanding, and is learning to form sentences. He comprehends a few pragmatics,

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Mark suffers from insomnia, and cannot stay asleep throughout the night. This has affected his attention span.

He currently suffers from no illnesses.

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He is getting better at expressing his emotions, and understanding the emotions of others. He has developed moral feelings because he feels guilty when he makes a mess and his mother yells at him. He knows that he is a boy, and he loves playing with his trucks.

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He, at the age of four, weighs 35 lbs, and is 38 inches tall. He loves climbing around the neighborhood playground, and jumping on the trampoline. He has started to show an interest in T-ball.

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Mark is now in the preoperational stage of development (Santrock, 2015, p. 206). His favorite bear, Teddy, is his best friend. He talks himself through tasks, and can communicate with his parents as they guide him through challenging activities.

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Mark is now a toddler and starts preschool at the Sunshine House.

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Mark has a difficult temperament (Santrock, 2015, p. 172). He experiences difficulties adjusting to change, and cries frequently when he does not get his way. During breastfeeding, he bonds well with his mother.

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He weighs 25 lbs and is 34 in tall. He just learned to walk, he tries to catch with his arms, and he enjoys kicking his soccer ball.

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As the months pass, his personality begins to develop. He is growing rapidly, and learning how to get his way. He only wakes up a few times a night and his favorite food is bananas.

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Mark is exploring his environment, and orienting himself to his surroundings, and he enjoys sucking his thumb

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Heart Rate: 2
Respiratory Effort: 2
Muscle Tone: 2
Body Color: 2
Reflex Irritability: 1

APGAR score was very good, except his reflexes were a bit slow at first.
Total: 9

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Today, our baby, Mark Jenkins, was born 21 July 1980, weighed 7.6 lbs, 19.3 inches.