A 5-year-old wants to be hilarious, he likes to laugh and be laughed at.

A 5-year-old wants to fit in, wants to be cool, be liked by his friends, appreciated by his teachers and loved by his siblings.

A 5-year-old wants dignity, wants to be treated as a person

A 5-year-old wants power, power to be his own person, power to command respect

A 5-year-old wants to cooperate because he sees the benefit of it

A 5-year-old wants to defy and challenge because he sees the limitations of it

A 5-year-old wants to grow up and confront this seemingly complicated world

A 5-year-old wants to slow down and be little once in a while.

A 5-year-old needs control, he needs to know what’s ahead, where is the next stop

A 5-year-old wants to know what it feels like to blatantly lie

A 5-year-old wants to dig his nose without inhibitions

A 5-year-old wants adults to know, that in his world promises (even a ‘maybe’ or a ‘We’ll see’ or a ‘hmmm’ is a promise!) are never forgotten

A 5-year-old wants juice – all times of the day!

A 5-year-old wants to never be asked ‘what did you do in school today?’

A 5-year-old wants to know about his past and thinks about his future

A 5-year-old wants to fix without asking for help