Parenting Elementary Age Children: Building Confidence, Responsibility, and Connection

We're talking about parenting elementary age children.

six to nine year olds.

So we've already covered babies and toddlers and preschoolers.

And so now we've got our children in school.

And so this is a new dynamic.

And especially if you're not homeschoolers, your children are gone for part of the day.

Now they're in school, they're, they're learning from other people.

They're getting mentored by other adults more so than they have before they went to school.

Right, Daniel?

Certainly, Ms. Karen, and thank you for selecting this topic to us.

Yes, people, the elementary years are a remarkable stage for growth and discovery.

Children between the ages of six and nine are becoming more independent while still relying heavily on parental guidance and reassurance.

They are developing friendships, building academic skills and forming stronger sense of identity.

During this period, parents play a critical role in shaping confidence, character and emotional resilience.

Positive parenting helps children feel secure as they navigate new challenges and opportunities.

Very good.

And this is very different because up till now, it's as if your children have needed you 24-7.

And now they're going off to a new world.

They're going to school.

They're finding out that there are other adults and they're adults that have different opinions than their own parents.

And that can bring some interesting questions home from school that maybe if their school isn't sharing the worldview that you have been raising your children in, This can offer some interesting ways of bringing up topics that have to do with value structures.

And, you know, we're here to say, listen to your children.

Find out what they're hearing.

It's good to know what the values are that they're bringing home from their schools.

And they're learning social skills.