Developmental Tasks
- To develop a sense of accomplishment, which centers around the ability to learn and apply skills, deal with peers, competition, self-control, and greater strength.
- To develop and test values and beliefs, which guide present and future behaviors.
Indicators Related to Developmental Lag
- Excessive concerns about competition and performance, especially in school; extreme rebellion; teasing; headaches; nervous stomach; ulcers; nervous tics; consistent procrastination; overdependence on caregivers for age-appropriate tasks; social isolation; lack of friends and involvements; few interests; inappropriate relationships with "older" people, e.g., teenagers; stealing; pathological lying; bedwetting; fire-setting.
Note: Although these tasks and indicators may be present during ages 7 to 12, each may be more observable at specific times.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: Ten to Eleven Years |
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| Normal Characteristics | Suggested Behaviors for Effective Parenting |
| Girls may have rapid weight increase. | Provide good nutrition. |
| Boys are more active and rough; motor skills are well-developed. | To fine tune manual skills, put in a basketball hoop and/or provide roller blades. |
| Physical Development for Nine to Ten Years | Physical Development for Eleven to Twelve Years |
| Return to Using the Child Development Guide |
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT: Ten to Eleven Years |
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| Normal Characteristics | Suggested Behaviors for Effective Parenting |
| Is alert, poised, and concerned with fads; argues logically. | Encourage/teach child to use logic in thinking and problem-solving. Is good time to discuss drug abuse. |
| May like to read. | Provide books geared to interests. |
| May begin to show talent. Has many interests of short duration. | Provide lessons in music, art, and other interests. |
| Intellectual Development for Nine to Ten Years | Intellectual Development for Eleven to Twelve Years |
| Return to Using the Child Development Guide |
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Ten to Eleven Years |
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| Normal Characteristics | Suggested Behaviors for Effective Parenting |
| Is affectionate with parents; has great pride in father; finds mother all-important. | Spend time with the child. |
| Is highly selective in friendships; may have one best friend; important to be "in" with the gang; may develop hero worship. | Accept child's need for, and choice of, friends and feeling of being "in". |
| Social Development for Nine to Ten Years | Social Development for Eleven to Twelve Years |
| Return to Using the Child Development Guide |
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Ten to Eleven Years |
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| Normal Characteristics | Suggested Behaviors for Effective Parenting |
| Is concerned with style. | Allow child to select clothes and hair style, within a firm budget. |
| Is casual and relaxed. | Enjoy! |
| Likes privacy. | Provide for personal space. |
| Girls mature faster than boys. | Provide reassurance as needed. |
| Not an angry age; anger, when it comes, is violent and immediate; seldom cries but may cry when angry. | Recognize and accept angry feelings, tears of temporary duration, and outbursts. |
| Main worry concerns school and peer relationships. | Provide opportunities for appropriate socialization. |
| Emotional Development for Nine to Ten Years | Emotional Development for Eleven to Twelve Years |
| Return to Using the Child Development Guide |
MORAL DEVELOPMENT: Ten to Eleven Years |
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| Normal Characteristics | Suggested Behaviors for Effective Parenting |
| Has strong sense of justice and a strict moral code. | Recognize that the child's sense of justice is limited to own world. Accept rigidity and support the child's concerns about right and wrong. Don't belittle. |
| More concerned with what is wrong than what is right. | Acknowledge injustice. |
| Moral Development for Nine to Ten Years | Moral Development for Eleven to Twelve Years |
| Return to Using the Child Development Guide |
Reprinted with the permission of the Department of Social and Health Services.
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