Publisher's Synopsis
What does it feel like to be eleven years old? Eleven-year-olds are on the brink of major changes in their lives. School work begins to assume a greater importance and adolescence will soon be on them or may even, for some, have arrived.;How do II-year-olds prepare to cope with these important developments, and how can parents best help their children, who soon will be children no longer, to weather these changes? This book deals with some of the issues that need to be addressed during the year before the 12 birthday.;Written to appeal to parents, grandparents and family friends, this book outlines the exuberant progress made between the eleventh and twelfth birthdays.