Parents of middle age children usually begin to work part and full time jobs when children start elementary school. Thus, causing the children to attend an after school program, daycare facility, or arrive home to a babysitter or caregiver. A second major stressor is the adjustment to parent separations, divorce , and lack of one parental figure. Separated families cause too much or too little, positive and negative attention on the children, as well as financial and economical strain. Bringing up role issues and identity.
Parents deal with discipline and how to go about praising and disciplining their children.
Where children become more rebellious, and try to stand for what they feel is right. Therefore they are more likely to go against the authority of the parents, causing control to be joint, accepting input from both children and parents. Peers School age children are challenged with the issue of being accepted in their school environment. School age children start to look at their friends as advisors, instead of their adult figures. They interact with peers in classroom settings, sport activities, and afterschool programs.