A. engaged B. preoccupied C. committed D. specified
After they start school, children are (72) with rules. There is both a need and a reluctance to (73) them. Children will ask constantly "Am I allowed to... " often to the (74) of their parents, who feel that they ought to know (75) that, for instance, they do not need to ask to go to the toilet at home. It is (76) they ask because they need to feel that they have permission, that they are (77) a rule. It is a request for (78) . It is also a way of managing the two different (79) of home and school, (80) what they can do where. Many a mother gets called by the teacher’s name and vice versa.
During the school day, children have to listen to their teachers, to follow more rules than there are at home and to (81) with the group. They may be successful at this and come home (82) very independent and rightly proud of their (83) . If this is not recognised at home and they are treated (84) they were before, they will feel as if their "growing up", still very precarious (不稳定的), is diminished. So they will often (85) . "Don’t treat me like a baby" is a (86) requently heard in the primary school years.