Kids go in cycles.
0-2: Dependant. very little free will. Cute, and absoultly unaware.
2-3: They now know that they are a seperate creature, and combined with the weapon of speech, will resist you until truly scared.
4-6: This is when morals actualy come in. They keep on doing stupid stuff, but they'll learn common sense with some work.
7-10: Golden age. They love you, your all powerful. With continued effort you've reached a stable age.
11-13[12 for some]: They want more responsibility. They move more with their freinds. All your hard work is starting to come down as the grow. They'll start to resist the "unfair", so less nessary rules will be battled upon and generally removed.
14[13 for some]-17: They want to run their lives as much as possible, and want to love you, but they also want do do their own thing as much as possible. They might seem like they hate you, but they just dont want be unprepared to be themselves.
18-21: Will try to avoid contact at all costs.
22-on: Wish they spent more time with you, blah, blah, blah.