развитие 8 лет

Tips for Parenting an 8-Year-Old

At 8, your child has a strong need to “belong.”

• Talk to your child about peer pressure.
• Listen and discuss his concerns about friends and school performance.
• Take advantage of his interest in money to teach about costs and the importance of saving toward a goal.
• Develop moral why some things are right or wrong.
• Recognize your child’s need for privacy and secrets. Give him a locking drawer or box.

Motor Development

• finger control is quite refined
• stamina increases; can run and swim further

Language and Thinking Development

• can converse at an almost adult level
• reading may be a major interest
• seeks to understand the reasons for things
• begins to feel competent in skills and have preferences for some activities and subjects
• thinking is organized and logical
• begins to recognize concept of reversibility (4+2=6 and 6–2=4)

Social and Emotional Development

• has strong need for love and understanding, especially from mother
• can be helpful, cheerful, and pleasant as well as rude, bossy, and selfish
• may be quite sensitive and overly dramatic
• emotions change quickly
• impatient; finds waiting for special events torturous
• makes friends easily; develops close friends of same sex
• favors group play, clubs, and team sports; wants to feel part of a group
• more influenced by peer pressure
• can be obsessed with, and motivated by money

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