Emotional+Development

Emotional Development

9 year olds
 * often feel worried or anxious
 * impatient
 * can be sullen, moody, aloof, and negative

10 year olds
 * generally content
 * generally happy; quick to anger and quick to forgive
 * usually truthful; developing more mature sense of right and wrong

11 year olds
 * Moody, self-absorbed, and sensitive
 * Have trouble making decisions
 * worry about who's "in" and who's "out"
 * Need adult empathy, humor, and sensitivity to help them cope with their rapidly changing minds and bodies.

12 year olds
 * adult personality begins to emerge
 * capable of self-awareness, insight, and empathy; more reasonable and tolerant than at eleven
 * Enthusiastic and uninhabited; appear to feel secure
 * will initiate their own activities without adult prompting