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  • Chapter 7 - Middle Childhood

  • from Part II - The Growth of Meaning
  • L. Alan Sroufe, University of Minnesota, June Sroufe
  • Book:
    The Development and Organization of Meaning
    Published online:
    11 June 2025
    Print publication:
    26 June 2025, pp 85-102

  • Summary

    Based on the degree of trust established in infancy, the belief in the possibility of control from the toddler period, and the successfulness of practice in peer interactions in the preschool, most children are prepared for the new meanings made possible by close friendships and real world competence of the elementary years. At times, success here can alter somewhat negative meanings brought forward from earlier eras. All children are now armed with logic and a more realistic understanding of causality. This allows them to see things as they are, including comparisons between them and others. A great leap in moral development occurs as children come to understand and affirm the value of rules and norms. Despite limitations in their degree of flexibility, embracing these norms can provide solid ground for the more relativistic and principled understanding of adolescence.