Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant

Thesix-year-oldisacomplexchild，entirelydifferentfromthefive-year-old.Thoughmanyofthechangesareforthegood--Sixisgrowingmoremature，moreindependent，moredaringandadventurous--thisisnotnecessarilyaneasytimeforthelittlegirlorboy.Relationshipswithmothersaretroubled--mostofthetimeSixadoresmother，butwheneverthingsgowrong，it'sherfault.Itusedtobe，atFive，thatshewasthecenterofthechild'suniverse;now，thechildisthecenterofhisownuniverse.ParentsneedtheexpertadviceofDrs.AmesandIlgduringthisdifficultyear，toexplainparent-childrelations，friendshipswithpeers，whatsix-year-oldsexcelat，howtheyseetheworld，whatitfeelsliketobeenteringthefirstgrade.Childrenneedpatienceandunderstandingtohelpmakethistransitioneasier.