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Biological, legal and social definitions. Children playing ball games, Roman artwork, 2nd century AD. In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty, [ 1][ 2] or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. [ 3] Legally, the term child may refer to anyone below the age of majority or ...
Human growthand development. A toddler is a child approximately 1 to 3 years old, though definitions vary. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The toddler years are a time of great cognitive, emotional and social development. The word is derived from "to toddle", which means to walk unsteadily, like a child of this age. [ 4]
Gavroche, a fictional character in the historical novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, is inspired by the street children who existed in France in the 19th century. Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the definition of street ...
t. e. Sexual grooming is the action or behavior of an adult establish an emotional connection with a minor under the age of consent, [ 1][ 2] and sometimes the child's family, [ 3] to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse. [ 4][ 5] It can occur in various settings, including online, in person, and through other means ...
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. [1] Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended ...
Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."
Infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'baby' or 'child' [ 1]) is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby. The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one month old. In medical contexts, a newborn or neonate (from Latin ...
Voluntary childlessness. Voluntary childlessness or childfreeness[ 1][ 2] describes the active choice not to have children. Use of the word "childfree" was first recorded in 1901 [ 3] and entered common usage among feminists during the 1970s. [ 4] The suffix - free refers to the freedom and personal choice of those to pick this lifestyle.