The Human Development of a Six-Year-Old Megan Baur is a 6-year-old Caucasian girl currently attending first grade at a private school, Rolland Park School for Girls. She lives with her biological parents and her 4-year-old brother Kyle in a suburban home on the outskirts of Baltimore City. Her father is a successful chiropractor and her mother works part-time as a dental hygienist. Her mother had been a stay-at-home mom since Megan was born until very recently, when she decided to return to work only during the hours when Kyle, the youngest, attended preschool. Megan is a very bright young girl who seems to be progressing through middle childhood. level already. A child at this level must face demands to learn new skills or risk feelings of inferiority, failure and incompetence. Their classmates' opinions matter more than ever, and they begin to feel the effects of peer pressure. At this stage, a person can perform mental operations, but only with real (concrete) objects, events, or situations. The logical reasons are understood. For example, Megan may understand the need to go to bed early when it is necessary to get up early the next morning. Children in this stage go to school and enjoy mastering many new physical skills. They learn quickly at school. She does very well in school and is always willing to do her school work without even being provoked. She works on abstract ideas of adding and subtracting things and saying words to read. She is above her age group in reading and has a very extensive vocabulary. Megan seems to enjoy the challenge of reading and it makes her feel grown up and superior to her younger brother, as he is too young to read. She always tries to teach him...... middle of paper ......d adolescence. Once she reaches the adolescent stage, she will need a lot of support and love from her parents. At this stage, the adolescent must develop a sense of identity regarding occupation, gender roles, politics, and religion. Megan will face many difficult decisions and confusing alternatives as she attempts to resolve the psychosocial crisis of group identity versus alienation. During this time in her life, she will learn some of life's hardest lessons and face peer pressure. As long as Megan effectively demonstrates the leadership qualities she already possesses now, she will achieve the quality of adaptive ego loyalty that a normal teenager should have. Megan is a strong little girl with a good sense of right and wrong and great self-esteem and I'm sure her parents are very proud to have her as their child and eldest daughter..