Middle Childhood
Different developmental theories give a different understanding about the development stages of a human being. The middle childhood development stage is a crucial stage that occurs between eight and eleven years of age. Development in middle childhood includes physical development, emotional development, and intellectual development. Self-understanding is an important issue among the children in middle childhood development stage. Theories provide a clear picture of the features of the middle childhood development stage, which is considered as a significant period for shaping the content and the function of child’s self-concept.
During the middle childhood development stage, children become more concerned about society. At this development stage, children are influenced by people in their social environments such as teachers and they become less egocentric. Freud who is a theorist suggested that at the middle childhood stage children become detached from their families and socialize with other members of the society (Ryan, 2017). Children then develop social and self -knowledge necessary to become members of society. Cooley, another theorist, suggested that at the middle childhood stage children are more interested in evaluating other people’s life and in the process they develop views about themselves as either productive or inferior (Handel, 2018). Middle childhood is the stage when children become less egocentric and are more concerned about other people in society.
In conclusion, the middle childhood stage defines whether children view themselves as industrious or inadequate. The middle childhood stage exists between eight years and eleven years of age. Children at this stage are concerned about society matters more than the family issues. Several theorists suggest that children at the middle childhood stage are influenced by members of the community to develop understanding about themselves.
References
Handel, G. (2018). Qualitative study of whole families in a time of great change. In The psychosocial interior of the family (pp. 99-116). Routledge.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2017). Self-determination theory: Basic psychological needs in motivation, development, and wellness. Guilford Publications.