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Bookmark or Share- CHILDHOOD | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s DictionaryCHILDHOOD meaning: the part of your life when you are a child. Learn more.
- The Stages of Child Development: From Infancy to AdolescenceUnderstanding these stages can help parents, educators, and caregivers provide appropriate support and guidance to children as they navigate their journey towards adulthood. The first stage of child development is infancy, which spans from birth to around two years old.
- APA Dictionary of Psychologythe period between 3 or 4 years of age and about 7 years of age. In this context, childhood represents the period after weaning and before children can fend for themselves. Childhood in this more technical sense is unique to humans; other mammals advance directly from infancy to juvenility. See juvenile period. [defined by U.S. anthropologist ...
- Child development | Definition, Stages, & Facts | BritannicaChild development, the growth of perceptual, emotional, intellectual, and behavioral capabilities and functioning during childhood. The term childhood denotes that period in the human lifespan from the acquisition of language at one or two years to the onset of adolescence at 12 or 13 years.
- Childhood | Britannicachildhood, period of the human lifespan between infancy and adolescence, extending from ages 1–2 to 12–13. See child development . This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen .
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