My PRC students will come to Singapore with their mums under the scheme of STUDY MUMS. Most mums preferred to leave their kids with me from Monday-Saturday. The mums will come over to visit and bring their kids out for a day and send the kids back on Sunday nights.
Usually when these students performed well in their studies, they will be offered Permanent Resident Statue during their Primary School Leaving Examination final year. After which, their fathers will be given a chance to come over and stay for a few years under Family Dependance Pass for a family union eventually.
School age children will be in the range of 7-12 years old according to our primary school system here. However due to foreign talents, the maximum age in primary level is capped at 14 locally. The main concern will be their academic results. My husband and I used to conduct tuitional lessons up to secondary levels as well.
Physical Development
The child practices, refines, and masters complex gross and fine motor and perceptual-motor skills.
Cognitive Development
Concrete operational thinking replaces egocentric cognition. The child's thinking becomes more logical and rational. The child develops the ability to understand others' perspectives.
Social Development
Relationships outside the family increase in importance, including the development of friendships and participation in a peer group. The child imitates, learns, and adopts age appropriate social roles, including those that are gender-specific. The child develops an understanding of rules. Rules are relied upon to dictate proper social behavior and to govern social relationships and activities.
Emotional Development
The child is industrious, purposeful, and goal directed in her activities. He/she is confident and self-directed. The child is developing a better sense of him/herself as an individual, with likes and dislikes and special areas of skill. He/she is capable of introspection. The child evaluates his/her worth by the ability to perform. Self-esteem is largely derived from one's perceived abilities.
Referencing from: http://www.pacwcbt.pitt.edu/Curriculum/911-4%20FP%20and%20Child%20Development/Handouts-911-4%20Foster%20Parenting%20and%20Child%20Development/HO%206%20Developmental%20Milestones.pdf
