Middle Childhood Observation Paper
I observed an 11 year old male. His interactions with his friends were at first artificial and he paid more attention to me observing him and writing than his friends. However after 10-15 minutes I was forgotten, and he was fully engaged with other boys his age. They stayed in a group and played mostly with the same sex. A few adolescent girls came and the group of boys stopped playing their basketball game and conversed with the girls for a few moments and went back to playing their game. I found that interesting that with the girls there this age group is still more interested in playing than socializing. About 30 minutes into the game and they began playing games on their cell phones(which they all had?!?). From observing this stage of adolescence I can still see alot of the middle childhood stage.