what age is the hardest for a child to go through?

Answer 1

I think the hardest age is that "not a kid, but not a teen yet" stage...Like 10 to 13. They want to grow up...but are still kids. They want more freedom...but really aren't ready for it.

Answer 2

All ages are hard... Children live in the moment so they do not see that yesturday was much easier or harder than today...

Looking back with an adult perspective I can say my mid teens (14-17) we my gloriously troubled time.. For others it will be a different age... Each individual has a different life experience and most can not tell you what is the hardest for them until they have the insight and knowledge of hindsight...

The hardest period for parents however is when thier children are tennagers... It's a tug of war, your child feels they are grown up enough to make the majority of thier decisions while as a parent you want to protect them as long as possible from the "train wreck" you see ahead... Most parents realize the child has to reach the "train wreck" and all they can do is try to slow down the train so when it gets the the wreck there is less damage and destruction... Kids need to make some of thier own mistakes and feel the consequences for those mistakes as a parent I try to cushion the mistake so the damage is felt and the lesson is learned but there isn't total devestation in the learning process..

Answer 3

There's a spot in my childhood I hated personally. I was too old to play with the young kids and to young to be around the older kids. I was always the oldest and should know better!

I have to say that 11-14 is hardest.

Answer 4

probably when puberty starts to kick in, around 12-18, maybe 11 too. im in that age range and i know that these are, have been, and will be the hardest years of my childhood...sometimes you want to be an adult, then other times you just want to be a child and want your parents to protect you. school is broken up into cliques and there is always the "popular crowd" who get on most peples nerves... you might be friends with the punks and the preps, you might be dating a jock, but an emo is yur best friend...its hard to find yur identity and who you really are.

Answer 5

Any age where the child goes through a major change. So that would be around two ,four between six and eight and whenever puberty starts to kick in.

Answer 6

I say the teenage years b/c thats when all those hormones kick in. YOur once sweet barbie loving daughter may now become a punk rocking foul mothed *****. It all depends, sometimes its bad, sometimes its okay. My teenage years are fine, I never went through the "depresses I'll try suicide stage" or the "let me try wearing as little as possible to school stage". It just all depends on the kid. Goodluck thoguh!

Answer 7

Depends on the parent and parenting skills or lack of.

A parent can help a child transition smoothly, but then there's parents who verbally abuse their child, thus making it a living hell.

Teenagers rebel, but mostly because parents are trying to hard to be the friend.

Answer 8

I say from puberty - 13-18 since that is when you begin to feel more emotional and feelings that may never have occured before start to come up.

Answer 9

It depends on the child and what occurs during different periods in their life. There's no one answer to this, everyone's different.

Answer 10

teenage years, probably around 15-19