Understanding 10-11-Year-Olds (Understanding Your Child) (The Tavistock Clinic - Understanding Your Child)

Understanding 10-11-Year-Olds introduces the challenges that face children as they start to make their transition from childhood into adolescence. Children at this age begin to express independence and confidence in their capability that may extend beyond their direct experience. Adults caring for their well-being need to monitor the new dimensions in the child's life, such as competitiveness and its impact on relationships at school and at home. Rebecca Bergese guides the reader through the broad range of emotional and social challenges experienced by children as they are encouraged to take on greater responsibility. This book is essential reading for parents, caregivers and professionals who are seeking to understand and support a child at this vulnerable stage of development. Becoming Two Figures -- Family Life -- Mother And Father -- Mother -- Fathers -- Grandparents And The Wider Family -- A Generation Gap A Helpful Distance -- Branching Out Relationships With Other Adults -- Changing Families -- Bereavements, Separations, And Dislocations : Coping With Changes -- First Moments -- Paving The Way -- Familiarity And Security -- Finding Courage -- Back On Track -- Social Life -- Friends And Enemies -- Boys -- Girls -- The Melting Pot : Friendship Problems -- Playing And Toys -- Bullying -- Feeling Like Cinderella -- The Soft Underbelly : Why Do Children Bully? -- Recognising Signs Of Unhappiness -- A Confident Start Helping Children At Home -- Friendly Resilience The Benefit Of Optimism -- Changing Body Changing Self -- Physical Developments -- An Ugly Duckling Or A Swan? -- Boys Into Men -- School Life -- Managing Transitions -- Key Skills -- Stretching Out -- Mishaps -- Home Versus School -- A Different Outlook -- Hard Times When Things Are More Difficult -- Helping Our Children To Grow -- Special Educational Needs -- Special Needs And Disability -- Getting Stuck -- Helpful Organisations -- Young Minds -- Exploring Parenthood -- Parentplus -- Gingerbread. Rebecca Bergese. Includes Bibliographical References (p.71) And Index. FRONT COVER......Page 1 Understanding10–11-Year-Olds......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Foreword......Page 11 Introduction......Page 13 Becoming “two figures”......Page 14 1 Family Life......Page 17 2 Changing Families: Bereavements, Separations and Dislocations......Page 33 3 Social Life......Page 39 4 Changing Body Changing Self......Page 51 5 School Life......Page 55 6 Hard Times: When Help Is Needed......Page 65 HELPFUL ORGANIZATIONS......Page 71 RECOMMENDED READING......Page 73 INDEX ......Page 75 Contains information to help parents understand and interact with their ten to eleven year old child. Includes information on family life, changes in families including bereavement, separation and disclocation, social life and changes to their bodies and their sense of self