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Birth of Child
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Period: to
Child's life from Birth to the age of 18
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Child is 5 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Investigates everything
2. Eats more than ever before
3. When playing, makes up rules as the child goes along -
Child is 6 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Is fiercely independent, a real "know it all"
2. Is obsessed by rules
3. Seldom finishes food and has no table manners -
Child is 7 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Only thinks about playing
2. Feels mistreated by everyone
3. Complains all the time -
Child is 8 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Overly sensitive to parents approval or disapproval
2. Sees every situation as black or white
3. May cry when tired and has stomachaches when worried -
Child is 9 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Fiddles with things and is increasingly awkward
2. Friends are more important than mother
3. Rebels against too many directions and direct orders -
Child is 10 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Accepts parents wishes and generally obeys
2. Sees rules as flexible and makes excuses for all misbehavior
3. Learns to disobey in small rebellions -
Child is 11 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Wants guidance from parents but not lectures
2. Body changes cause embarrassment and self-consciousness
3. Girls' behavior becomes more eradict as hormonal influences take over -
Child is 12 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Develop strong friendships
2. Often embarrassed to be seen in public with parents
3. Want to make their own decisions -
Child is 13 years old
Tyipcal Behaviors
1. uncertain, unhappy, and sensitive
2. withdrawn
3. very concerned with body image -
Child is 14 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Gernerally happy and easy-going
2. Recognizes own stregnths and weaknesses
3. Interest in the opposite sex is strong -
Child is 15 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. strong desire for independence
2. friends are very important
3. relationshipwith siblings may be better than wtih parents -
Child is 16 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Feels comfortable in own skin
2. Starts to view parents as people, rather than rule-makers
3. Romantic relationships can be quite intense -
Child is 17 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Feel the need to be even more independent from parents
2. Enjoy having the freedom to move about freely
3. Feel validated becaquse of their actions -
Child is 18 years old
Typical Behaviors
1. Recognizes the consequences of his or her actions
2. Feels responsible for his or her health
3. Takes advantage of recreational outlets