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  2. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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    School children perform sit-ups, a common type of calisthenic, during a school fitness day.. Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ s ˈ θ ɛ n ɪ k s /) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.

  3. Childhood gender nonconformity - Wikipedia

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    Gender nonconforming children will often prefer opposite-sex playmates and activities. These become alienated from their same-sex peer group. As children enter adolescence "the exotic becomes erotic" where dissimilar and unfamiliar same-sex peers produce arousal, and the general arousal becomes eroticized over time. [10]

  4. Gender typing - Wikipedia

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    The desire to engage in play can influence a child to behave like to their peers. In later life, as children starts to move away from their parents, the role of friendship becomes much more influential. Media: Children learn about different gender categories by observing various forms of media. They often look for gender roles, with whom they ...

  5. Sedentary lifestyle - Wikipedia

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    However, those that exercise at least four hours per week are as healthy as those that sit fewer than four hours per day. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Indirectly, an increased BMI due to a sedentary lifestyle can lead to decreased productivity and increased absenteeism from necessary activities like work.

  6. Gender roles in childhood - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] An understanding of these roles is evident in children as young as age four. [4] Children between 3 and 6 months can form distinctions between male and female faces. [5] By ten months, infants can associate certain objects with females and males, like a hammer with males or scarf with females. [5]

  7. Extracurricular activity - Wikipedia

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    Children at a chess club in the U.S. An extracurricular activity (ECA) or extra academic activity (EAA) or cultural activity is an activity, performed by students, that falls outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school, college or university education. [1]

  8. Parenting - Wikipedia

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    Although this is an exception to their cultural preference for incorporating children into activities, including cooking, it is a strong example of observational learning. Mayan girls can only watch their mothers making tortillas for a few minutes at a time, but the sacredness of the activity captures their interest.

  9. Opposite Day - Wikipedia

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    Opposite Day is a make believe game usually played by children. Conceptually, Opposite Day is a holiday where things are said and done in an opposite manner. It is not a holiday on any calendar and therefore one can declare that any day of the year is Opposite Day (sometimes retroactively) to indicate something which will be said, or has just been said should be understood opposite to its ...