VOL.2
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BRAINSCIENCE
development & growth
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children with the age 4 to 5 years old
Laugh it out 6
My wife is so negative. I
remembered the car seat,
the stroller, AND the diaper
bag. Yet all she can talk
about is how I forgot the
baby.
I love making clothes for
my five-year-old
granddaughter. And she, in
turn, always seems happy
to accept them. The other
day, I asked if she would
like me to make her a skirt.
"Yes," she said. "But this
time, could you make it
look like it came from a
store?"
“Why doesn’t your mother
like me?” a woman asks her
boyfriend.
“Don’t take it personally,”
he assures her.
“She’s never liked anyone
I’ve dated. I once dated
someone exactly like her,
and that didn’t work out at
all.”
“What happened?”
“My father couldn’t stand
her.”
I overheard my nine-year-
old son on the phone with
a friend discussing a
computer simulation
game.
The game involved
creating a family, a house
for them to live in, and so
on. My son, experienced at
the game, gave this
warning: "Whatever you do,
don’t get kids. They don’t
bring in any money, and all
they do is eat."
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When your child is around 4 to 5
years old, you might observe more
growth and changes from him.
How does it manifest? As a parent,
you might find the changes
alarming, since when my kid
learns how to lie, reject my
instructions and make so many
requests? Let’s discuss more
about the development of the 4 to
5 year-old child!
OBVIOUS PERSONALITY
When your child grows up, they
will have more of their own
thoughts and opinions. This is how
they learn to gain independence.
They might be more active, or they
might be stubborn in some ways,
if that is the natural temperament
of the child, parents shouldn’t be
too worried about this changes in
the child’s behaviors. At this point,
parents shouldn’t force the child
to control their own temperament
but to guide the child to control
themselves through encourage-
ment and reasoning.
to find your child not doing what
you have asked him/her to do.
However, what can the parents do
to guide their child towards the
right path? If it is about a bad
habit that the child has, parents
can try to use positive encour-
agement to teach the child when
the child does things in the right
way. The parents can praise the
child immediately when they are
behaving well, so the child gets
the idea that the parents are
paying attention to them all the
time, especially when they are
behaving well.
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
As the children are seeking for
more independence, they might
start to take charge of what they
want to do and how they want to
do it. The child might want to
dress up by himself, brush his own
teeth and choose his own favorite
food. It might be uncomfortable
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