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5- Take charge of some responsibilities such as tie shoelaces and dress with skill. Help with the family chores.
6- kids improve and refine their motor skills. They develop strength, speed, balance, hand-eye coordination, and flexibility. Need to be the fastest, best for everything.
7- Become attached to adults other than their parents ( teachers-neighbors). Demonstrate their athletic abilities in organized sports. -
8- - increased independence from parents and siblings, and their increased desire to be seen as intelligent and knowledgeable. they want to expand boundaries of personal space.
9- Set up easels and paint pictures outdoors, Visit your local science museum, visit a trampoline park. Bake a loaf of homemade bread. May have angry flare ups, but gets over them.
10- Accept parents wishes and generally obey. See rules as flexible and make excuses for all misbehavior. -
11- Embarrassment and self-consciousness due to body changes taking place. Often embarrassed to be seen in public with parents.
12- Want to make their own decisions, choose their own friends.
13- need to keep a neat appearance, Sensitivity, Becoming very aware of body image. -
14- Stop confiding in their parents. instead, they are more likely to turn to their friends and seek advice from their peers.
15- Often assertive to the point of pushing their limits too far.
16- Concern about physical development and looks.
17- Goal-oriented, want more freedom and responsibility.
