Your Nine Year Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious
What happened to that sunny outgoing child of eight?  As parents  of nine-year-olds often discover, nine is a tricky age.  Children are  more distant from Mother and Father; they're more independant and rely  on friends for companionship, or they have a tendency to spend time  alone.  Some nines are boisterous and wild, others thoughtful and  withdrawn.  Helping parents learn how to cope with the unpredictable  nine-year-old is the aim of this practical guide from the Gesell  Institute.Nine-year-olds are hovering on the brink of  adolescence, and this in part contributes to their up-and-down nature.   Dr. Louis Bates Ames and Carol Chase Haber paint a vivid picture of the  child at this age and offer useful advice to make life easier for  parents and children alike.