This is a time when your child may experiment with wanting more independence than you are comfortable with. To develop this in a healthy way, you can:
- Teach your child how to use an assignment pad to keep track of homework.
- Allow your child to make some minor mistakes and learn from them.
- Intentionally teach your child how to work through conflicts with her peers. Simply preparing your child with some practical conflict-resolution skills will help foster independence and confidence.
- Teach your child to use an alarm clock, if he does not have one already.
- Keep your computer in a central location so that you can easily supervise your child's use of the Internet.
