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	Character of Children


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	See also Character "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, they gobble their food, they terrorize their teachers." Does this sound familiar, as if it were out of today's newspapers? Well, take heart, Socrates said that more than 2,000 years ago. Woodrow Kroll Chinese Proverb "A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."


	3-5 year olds Physically Small Trusts Adults Short Attn. Span Enjoys Stories Un-co-ordinated Takes things literally Wants to please Emotional Plays alone Fears Home Centred Imitates Limited vocabulary No Sense of time Very open / frank Easily tired know right / wrong plays naturally possessive


	5-7 year olds Questioning things Developing skills Growing up Developing interests / hobbies Proud of achievements Needs encouraging Independent Inquisitive More social Image inative Need to give reasons Moody at times Can't sit still More responsible Memorise Place in Social order Sense of (un)fairness


	7-11 year olds Self reliant Imaginative Adventurous Curious Likes collecting things Reads more Slap stick humour Lots of energy Developing skills Hero worship Gang spirit Joining organisations indifferent opp. sex More sociable Accepts authority Enjoys helping


	11-14 year olds Grow up physically & emotionally Easily embarrassed Emotions - moodiness Clothes - fashions Others - opinions Work out own values Need to be accepted Want be independent Rises to responsibility Competitive Loyalty to friends Example of others Awareness opp. sex Variety of interests Double standards Challenge status