Why Are "Best Friend" Relationships Important in Middle Childhood

question 78

Multiple Choice

Why are "best friend" relationships important in middle childhood?

• A) They provide a model for relationships with authority figures.
• B) They protect children from the peer group.
• C) They rarely break up and often last a lifetime.
• D) They provide a context for working on relationships in which both members have equal power, status, and access to resources.

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Definitions:

Sign Language

A form of communication using visual gestures and signs, primarily used by the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Telegraphic Speech

A stage in language development during which a child uses two-word sentences with high content-value words, omitting smaller, less important ones.

Receptive Language

The capability to grasp or make sense of language that is listened to or read.

One-word Stage

The developmental period in early childhood when children begin to use single words to communicate meaning.