Middle Child Hood Children

Middle child hood kids is often refereed to as the the school age years. Boys are usually slightly taller than girls and usually weigh around 47 pounds and when they turn 12 their weight can usually double. By the age of 12 the average child is about 5 ft tall. They show great improvements in their motor development and can do many things that require balance and agility. Like ride a bike, bicycle, and jump on trampolines and things like that. Middle child hood is one of the healthiest times for a child because of their developing immune system. A child's hearing is usually well developed by middle child hood. By age six most children are ready to read. They can see objects with both eyes and can focus very well. The most common vision problem is nearsightedness in children which can be fixed with corrective lenses. Children usually begin to lose their baby teeth and start to grow their adult teeth. By the age of twelve 20 of the primary teeth will be replaced with permanent adult teeth. Tooth decay is a very common problem with school age children. Obesity is becoming a very common problem with children today. Obesity effects more than 25% of all school age children. Obese children are often teased and ridiculed which will effect the children emotional thoughts. They may have low self esteem. They become able to do rehearsal things like in a play they begin to remember what to say without looking at anything because their brain is developing. They also start to use concrete operations which means they use logic to think things out. Their ability to communicate becomes stronger they are able to say bigger words and put them in sentences. They start to use social comparison where they compare themselves to other people in positive and negative ways. Children usually have very high self esteem so that is very good. They also start to develop empathy which is the ability to understand others feelings. They also develop compassion which is love for something. They also begin to develop a sense of humor. They start to also develop friendship ways with others. They start to feel for other people so they become friends. They begin to play games with each other girls usually play hop scotch, jump rope while boys play competitive sports like baseball and football. They enjoy games with rules that give children roles in the game. There is no safe game children can always get injured by bumps, bruises, and scratches from playing rough which is common. Children learn moral behavior by interacting with others and seeing what to say and not to say. School age children are more aware of the world around them and say things with other peoples feelings in mind.