Developmental Stage 8-10Reasoning abilities become more acute at this developmental stage 8-10, but now children are able to solve concrete (hands-on) problems in a logical fashion... Egocentric thinking dissolves...and children learn that others have ideas and views different from their own... They begin to pay attention to the point of view of others...as a way to verify their own. They understand laws of conservation and are able to classify...seriate... and understand reversibility...the ability to think backward from the end to the beginning. At this developmental stage children want and need structure ...they still want to please their parents... It is a time for reinforcing positive behavior...and kids want to help out with chores around the house. Parents can continue to instill basic values that will stick...such as a sense of responsibility...rewards and consequences... |