Girls, on the other hand, are more likely to tease and provoke each other and giggle at every opportunity. This is the time when children are initiated into the world of give-and take. It is important that children should not be isolated for whatever reason. Spoiled and overprotected children will have a difficult time. Between the ages of six and nine, children begin to form friendships in the conventional sense.
Children begin to form small groups.
They get attached to particular children and want to spend all their time together with their special friends. They are possessive about their special friends and deeply hurt when a friend shows a preference for another. Group dynamics can be observed. Some children are admired, some bullied and others excluded. This is the time a child will learn the demands of closeness and the need to be sensitive to others feelings.