Your Nine Year Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious

What happened to that sunny outgoing child of eight?  As parents of nine-year-olds often discover, nine is a tricky age.  Children are more distant from Mother and Father; they're more independant and rely on friends for companionship, or they have a tendency to spend time alone.  Some nines are boisterous and wild, others thoughtful and withdrawn.  Helping parents learn how to cope with the unpredictable nine-year-old is the aim of this practical guide from the Gesell Institute.



Nine-year-olds are hovering on the brink of adolescence, and this in part contributes to their up-and-down nature.  Dr. Louis Bates Ames and Carol Chase Haber paint a vivid picture of the child at this age and offer useful advice to make life easier for parents and children alike.

• Your Eight Year Old: Lively and Outgoing
• Your Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Old
• Your Seven-Year-Old: Life in a Minor Key
• Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant
• Your Five-Year-Old: Sunny and Serene
• Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful
• Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy
• Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender
• Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-To 24-Month-Old
• Encountering the Self: Transformation & Destiny in the Ninth Year