Years 5-6

Compromises to facilitate group play³³

Laughs at multiple meanings of words⁴²

Can discuss parents’ roles in terms of complementary relationships within family⁴⁴

Resentment of corrections⁴¹

Fears ghosts, storms, death, and injury⁴¹

Moderates emotions in different settings as appropriate⁴¹

Thinks about emotions and makes conscious decisions about responses⁴¹

Aware of feeling more than one emotion at a time⁴¹

Is rigid with rules and values what is right⁴¹

Understands and accepts punishment for wrong doing⁴¹

Desires acceptance of others⁴¹

Attention seeking behaviors⁴¹

Developing sense of own abilities compared to others⁴¹

Capable of waiting for a turn⁴¹

Remembers and makes up jokes for others⁴¹

Demonstrates understanding of others’ feelings⁴¹

A state of disequilibrium may exist in which the child has extremes - shy at one moment and bold the next⁷⁶