Child Psychology - Late Childhood

Characteristics of late childhood:

Late childhood extends from 6 years to 12 years. By 12, the child becomes sexually mature. For most young children, there is a major change in the pattern of their lives. While adjusting to the new demands and expectations, most children are in a state of disequilibrium. They are emotionally disturbed. Many changes take place in attitudes, values and behavior. During the last year or two, marked physical changes take place. The physical changes at the end of this stage create a disequilibrium resulting in the disturbance of accustomed life style..

Early Childhood Education

It is a troublesome age by which the children are no longer willing to do what they are told to do. Older children, especially boys, are careless about their clothes and other material possessions. Such an age is called as the sloppy age. Again it is regarded as a quarrelsome age because we can see the boy child and girl child often indulged in mini quarrels.

Child Psychology - Late Childhood

It is at this stage that the children acquire the rudiments of knowledge that are considered as essential for successful adjustment to adult life.

Again there is a gang spirit in which the major concern is the acceptance by the age-mates in a gang. There is a team spirit in play activities and creative works.

Physical growth gives a predictable future in body structure with reference to weight and height. Physical growth in sex matters, become more pronounced. Puberty growth spurt a little later for boys than girls.

Skills developed are as follows:

i) Play skills

ii) School skills

iii) Self help skills

iv) Social help skills

v) Hand skills

vi) Speech skills

vii) Pronunciation skills

viii) Vocabulary skills

ix) Health maintenance skills

Other notable behaviors are as follows:

i) Unpleasant emotions are socially unacceptable

ii) Expression of anger in moodiness

iii) Heightened emotional expressions

iv) Learning to curb external emotional expressions

v) Boys have more extensive peer groups than girls

vi) Not satisfied with associates

vii) Aim for socio-metric status in age-mates

viii) Desire for leadership in peers

ix) Constructive play activities

x) Exploring and collecting things

Child Psychology - Late Childhood

Parenting early childhood needs more knowledge which can be had by visiting care taking of babies AND Anger management for children

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