“I draw an adult”

Danya, Marusya, Alena, Ignat… We asked girls and boys from four to seven years old to tell us about who an “adult person” is. Child psychologist Galiya Nigmetzhanova comments on their answers and drawings.

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“This is my dad. It is very big”. Danya, 5 years old Little children understand everything literally: they compare us with themselves and first of all talk about what they see. “These are people who are more than children. That is much higher.” Danya, 5 years old “They are so big, very big.” Marusya, 4 years old “An adult is someone who has grown up.” Alena, 7 years old Adults are larger not only in size, but also in what they have “in their heads.” “This is someone who knows more than me, and more himself.” Tanya, 6 years old “They can think faster than me.” Ignat, 7 years old

If the kids don’t want to grow up…

“I don’t want to be an adult because I don’t want to work”; “I can get bigger, but only a little bit”; “I want to be a teenager, not an adult.” Galiya Nigmetzhanova explains: “We often expect adult decisions and actions from our children, but they have the right to be small. The kids are trying hard, but they just can’t handle our demands yet. In addition, they see that we return home late, talk about problems, money or work … They do not associate the world of adults with new opportunities – for them it is a world of responsibilities. And the kids don’t like it. We should talk more about what gives us pleasure, about our successes and hobbies, about what makes us happy.”

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