It is the most comprehensive theory available when it comes to how children develop cognitively, and will be used here to discuss the child that was observed. According to Piagets, intelligence was a very important aid in how children adapt to their environment (Huitt & Hummel, 2003)
Children like the little girl observed often prefer the company of adults, and would enjoy quiet, intellectual games instead of something "childish." Some children are simply more difficult to raise than others, but all parents can be successful in that they can give their child what that child needs to succeed (Sears, Maccoby, & Levin, 1957)
Children are often not allowed to make that choice, and are required to conform to what a parent wishes them to do and how that parent wishes them to be as a human being. How a person believes a child should be raised depends on the person and the theory of child-rearing to which he or she subscribes (Whiting, 1963)