Real Life Application There are many characteristics a parent can expect from their child, but there are also many characteristics they cannot understand. Some of the characteristics you will most likely see in a young child at the age of four is communication with peers, compliance, and trust. One example is when the child communicates with peers, especially during make believe play. It is said that during also believe play children are able to interact longer (Haupt Winter 2017). Next, parents cannot have high expectations of their children. They also show more involvement, and more easily cooperate with each other (Ibid., 2017). For example one characteristic a parent cannot expect is effortful control all the time. The definition was