Children now experience different stages of cognitive development. Again, Belsky explains, "preoperational thinking is Piaget's theory, the type of cognition characteristic of children aged two to seven, characterized by the inability to step back from one's immediate perceptions and think conceptually" (Belsky , 2016, p. 142). In this stage of cognitive thinking children see the world and believe it as it is, they think that what they see is what is real. But then, once they approach preadolescence, they advance into the cognitive stage, Belsky clarifies, “Concrete operational thinking in Piaget's framework, the type of cognition characteristic of children up to age eleven, characterized by the ability to reason about the world in a more logical, adult way” (Belsky, 2016, p. 142). At this stage of life the child now has a realistic understanding of the world; they think like an adult. So overall, as the brain develops, so does the way children develop