What are the various stages of child maturity for a boy?

Question

I am trying to understand the various stages of child psychological maturity and a guideline as to when and what age each stage should start/end

Answer 1

0-4 Learning motor skills(hand-eye co-ordination) predominantly, aswell as speaking skills. Girls learn communication predominantly and then progress with motor skills. Children are self-centred at this stage and unaware of the roles of others.
5-10 Establishing position and role in family, communicating skills, becoming less self-centred and more aware of others having different roles and views.
Adolescence. Children learn to deal with the death of their youth and begin to learn adult behaviours. This is a confusing stage because often teenagers do not know whether to act like a child or an adult. Often childish behaviour is criticized(immaturity), but adult behaviour(sex, drinking) is also discouraged, which is why so many teens have behavioural problems.
20's. Still learning adult behaviours. Experimenting with different life experiences--relationships, work, friends etc,
30's Gaining maturity, likely to settle into career and begin family. Working towards the future and gaining financial security.
40's One realises he is not young and sexy anymore at this age and tries to get back youth in some way--new car, young girlfriend (mid-life crisis). Usually financially stable and settled into career. Family lives will differ and usually environmental circumstance will play a bigger part in psychology at this time.

Answer 2

I do not know.

But be warned that all children are different, and you cannot just put people into pegion holes and say...
"He is 10, thus he will do this" and "She 13, this she will do this", or "She is 3, thus she will not do this".

Some children can also act like a adult in thought and intellegence, where some adults act like total babies.

I saw on Big Brother here in the England, this 25 year old was crying her eyes out because she had a mouth ulcer!
No shi*ting!

The big problems with psychologists these days is they think that they can get inside all our head and can read us like a book because of what text-books say.
I know a lot about psychology and this is the most important thing to learn.

Answer 3

This is a complex question; what do you mean by maturity? Do you mean physical development, cognitive development ??

A good book is 'Child Development' by Laura E Berk. ISBN 0-20526766-1

She covers most issues and is very readable.

If you need further help. Email me.

Answer 4

Childhood - ages 0 to late teens
Adult immaturity - 20s. Able to hold a job, maintain himself, begins to stop doing stupid "man" things
Maturity - can keep a job, maintain relationships (including friends and co-workers), has a plan for the future and pursues it

Answer 5

Piaget: cognitive development
Erik Erikson: psychosocial conflict and resolution

Try these keyword at search engine, and you will get seas of answers.

Answer 6

How they learn:

Imitation - They copy what they see for the first year or so of their life
Inquiry - they ask about what they see to learn more
Understanding - they understand what they see and imitate
Resourceful - they use what they learn

Answer 7

Since every person is different, there is no real answer to this question. Perhaps a pediatrician can help you answer this.