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[quote=Anonymous]My only is about to turn 9, and we had in-person school during the pandemic which I mention because that was such a big social development period (roughly age 7-9).  She is more mature than her peers - bigger vocabulary, complex ideas and jokes, comfortable with adults, comfortable speaking up in class / disagreeing with friends.  She's extremely outgoing and will make friends with any random kid at a park.

I have not seen peer to peer issues such as sharing or arguing over activities since she was 5 or 6.  IMO this is because she knows she do it her own way at home, so there is no pressure to get her way right then.

The one place I notice immaturity is in media consumption or acting grown up.  She's very much a little kid who likes little kid things.  She has classmates who are mooning over actors, or watching scary movies, or who don't want to run around at recess because it's not grown up, and DD is the opposite of that.  We have definitely sheltered her from certain movies and worries.  But to the extent I notice a trend in which kids are more "socially mature" in this way, they are kids with older siblings.  TBH those are also our most difficult playdates because the kids push boundaries so hard.  [/quote]

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