What statement best describes the relationship school-age ...

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What statement best describes the relationship school-age children have with their families?
 
  a. Ready to reject parental controls
  b. Desire to spend equal time with family and peers
  c. Need and want restrictions placed on their behavior by the family
  d. Peer group replaces the family as the primary influence in setting standards of behavior and rules

Question 2

What is descriptive of the social development of school-age children?
 
  a. Identification with peers is minimum.
  b. Children frequently have best friends.
  c. Boys and girls play equally with each other.
  d. Peer approval is not yet an influence for the child to conform.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
School-age children need and want restrictions placed on their behavior, and they are not prepared to cope with all the problems of their expanding environment. Although increased independence is the goal of middle childhood, they feel more secure knowing that an authority figure can implement controls and restriction. In the middle school years, children prefer peer group activities to family activities and want to spend more time in the company of peers. Family values usually take precedence over peer value systems.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Identification with peers is a strong influence in children's gaining independence from parents. Interaction among peers leads to the formation of close friendships with same-sex peersbest friends. Daily relationships with age mates in the school setting provide important social interactions for school-age children. During the later school years, groups are composed predominantly of children of the same sex. Conforming to the rules of the peer group provides children with a sense of security and relieves them of the responsibility of making decisions.

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Excellent

[gcook]

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