27 Feb 2019 | 4 min Read
Priyanka chhabria
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It is also referred to as play age or middle childhood. This is the age where a child steps out of the house to socialize, learn and gets new experiences and friends. Kids are enrolled in playschool/ pre-school and then enrolled in school.
This is a pivotal time for a child. He is aware of his personality, interactions and has a mature level of understanding. It is a phase between childhood and adulthood. Being 10 is all about change. It is a period of transition that can offer challenges and delights as children start to embrace the approach of adolescence.
A tween needs a good rest of about 9-11 hours. Maybe clumsy and lazy, but you need to have a conversation and listen to everything he has to say even it makes no sense to you or you have heard it before. It gives the child a sense of security and assurance that parents are always there for him.
13 is the onset of the teenage years. It is a shift of a child to his adolescence. There is a mental, physical and emotional shift. After 19, he is considered an adult. Teenage years are critical years of a child’s life. As a parent, you need to be careful at each step. You need to transition from an adult authority to friends, whom he can trust and share.
Puberty develops throughout the teen years. You see a major transformation in behavior and character development from 13 years to 19 years of age.
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