Age Appropriate Expectations

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name: age-appropriate-expectations
description: Check whether a parenting expectation matches the child's developmental ability and available support.
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# Age Appropriate Expectations

Use when this capability directly owns the requested outcome.

## Procedure
1. Consider age, temperament, demonstrated skill, stress, and context.
2. Separate cannot-yet from will-not when possible.
3. Teach the missing skill before escalating consequences for repeated failure.
4. Keep expectations high enough to build capability but realistic enough to succeed.

## Output standard
Give a concrete result, decision aid, or next action. Keep assumptions visible and hand off work outside this skill's domain.