Middle Childhood Development

Middle Childhood, as defined by HDEV, is the time between ages 6 and 12, beginning with the time that a child begins school to the start of the adolescent phase of development. During this time, the human body goes through physical, social, emotional, and cognitive changes. Through knowledge of human development and recalling events from when I went through this developmental stage, I will find the correlation to my personal experiences and these developmental changes that occurred. During middle childhood, the body goes through many physical changes. Increase in both height and weight occurs. As discussed in section 9-1b, obesity played a major role in my physical development. At the age of 9, I began putting on excess weight. A major factor that contributed to my unhealthy increase in weight was the intake of unhealthy food and drinks. I was a picky eater as a child and would find myself scarcely eating fruits or vegetables. I tended to sway more towards fast food or microwaved meals, as my mother was not well versed in the art of cooking. As the text
For example, I was born as the youngest of the family. Me and my other siblings are nearly 13 years apart. Due to this vast age gap, I was raised as though I was an only child. Although both of my siblings lived in the house with me, the age difference seldom allowed for interaction between us. I never saw my siblings as friends. This had positive and negative effects on me. One positive outcome to this lack of closeness with my siblings was that I developed a strong sense of creativeness, divulging in artistic endeavors such as drawing, writing, and learning to play musical instruments. A negative outcome however, was that I always felt like I was being left out when my siblings would not let me take part in whatever they may be doing. This factor, paired with the rejection from my peers hindered my social