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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

middle childhood

English answer:

6-12 age group

Added to glossary by Yvonne Gallagher
Oct 29, 2019 15:22
4 yrs ago
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English term

middle childhood

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Dear colleagues, I was wondering whether “middle childhood” might mean "school-age children" in the context below (the preceding sentence refers to “preschool peers", so I thought "school-age" might be right here)
. According to some texts, middle childhood is the age between 6 and 12, but there doesn’t seem to be complete agreement… The text below is American English.
Thank you very much for your help!

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Benefits of secure attachment

- more positive engagement with preschool peers

– closer friendships in ** middle childhood **

– more effective social interaction in adolescence
Responses
4 +7 6-12 year-old age group
Change log

Oct 31, 2019 15:23: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry

Discussion

haribert (asker) Oct 30, 2019:
Yvonne, thank you so much for your contribution!
Yvonne Gallagher Oct 29, 2019:
@ haribert reiterating re age brackets that are split in terms of school ages, i.e. pre-school, 0-5/6, primary 5/6-12 and second level/high school teenage years 13-18/19. The main cohort of kids will be in those age brackets in the entire English-speaking world for their school/childhood years. There may be slight variations at the borders between age groups, but, in general, they work
haribert (asker) Oct 29, 2019:
Hi, Jccantrell! Thank you for your message! Actually, I think Yvonne has posted useful links in this regard, although I've sometimes found that not all sources agree on the age bracket..
jccantrell Oct 29, 2019:
In California, we have 'middle school' defined as:
In California, a child must be five years old BEFORE September 1 in order to enroll in kindergarten. Elementary school is kindergarten through 5th grade (ages 5-10), middle school is grades 6-8 (ages 11-13), and high school is grades 9-12 (ages 14-18).

From: https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/worklif...

So, my first thought would be those ages, when kids are in middle school.

Responses

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6-12 year-old age group

if talking of the kids

elementary USA/Canada
primary/junior schoolchildren UK

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216770/

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https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparentin...

I think you can trust government sources to define the age group this refers to

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closer friendships in ** middle childhood >
closer friendships in the 6-12 year-old age range/group

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Note added at 1 day 23 hrs (2019-10-31 15:22:52 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped
Note from asker:
Thank you very much, Yvonne, for your help!
Peer comment(s):
agree Roberta Broccoletti
46 mins
Many thanks:-)
agree philgoddard : This is not set in stone - it's vague, like "middle age". But 6-12 is about right in my opinion.
2 hrs
Thanks:-) well, useful in terms of general school age groupings. Of course there may be slight variations
agree MarinaM
2 hrs
Many thanks:-)
agree AllegroTrans : about right, as Phil says
6 hrs
Many thanks:-)
agree Cilian O'Tuama : There or thereabouts (though punctuation/hyphenation would need serious tweaking, but that's not the issue here)
9 hrs
Thanks! I'd avoid multiple hyphens by rephrasing (like in links) as "ages/years/range/group 6-12" or "children in the 6-12 age group" etc. It's being translated FROM English anyway
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : It fits in the three groups asker mentions.
22 hrs
Many thanks:-)
agree Ashutosh Mitra
1 day 1 hr
Many thanks:-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you so much Yvonne for your valuable help! Many thanks also to all other participants!"
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