Essay On Middle Age Children

The socioemotional development of middle age children can be a challenge for both the parents and child. You as a parent can look back at the days when your child was in the early childhood phase of life which is between two to four years of age and remember how life seemed pretty carefree and for the most part pretty uneventful for both you as a parent and the child, minus the occasional temper tantrum by your two year old. Than as your child starts to approach the middle age period of their childhood you begin to notice many changes happening to your child, both emotionally and physically. This is when most parents or caregivers realize that life is about to change for the both of you and the better informed you are as parent the easier the adjustment your child will have from the early childhood phase into the middle age period portion of their life. As adults we can look back at this same time period in our own lives and see that things have not changed too much in the department of social and emotional changes we faced, but as research showed over a hundred and fifty years ago many children in this particular age group where not evaluated or researched as much as children are today because they did not attend school for long periods of time or at all, due to helping their families run the family farm or business (The …show more content…
I can say these things after raising two young men through this exact period in their life with much happiness and many days of self-doubt and wondering if they were good enough or if they should be friends with this person or that person. All I could do is listen, give advice and hold their hands and wipe their tears if things did not turn out the way the way they had