childhood

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Noun

childhood (plural childhoods)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being a child.
  2. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
  3. (by extension) The early stages of development of something.

Derived terms

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Fri Sep 3 04:44:27 2010

Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood (learning to walk), early childhood (play age), middle childhood (school age), and adolescence (post-puberty).

Age ranges of childhood

The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a varying range of years in human development. Developmentally, it refers to the period between infancy and adulthood. In common terms, childhood is considered to start from birth. Some consider that childhood, as a concept of play and innocence, ends at adolescence. In many countries, there is an age of majority when childhood officially ends and a person legally becomes an adult. The age ranges anywhere from 13 to 21, with 18 being the most common.

Developmental stages of childhood

Further information: Child development stages and Child development

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Fri Sep 3 09:27:03 2010

In middle childhood, children's overall demeanor is most closely associated with which of the following?
Q. In middle childhood, children's overall demeanor is most closely associated with: Peer relationships Scholastic achievements Quality of relationships with parents Temperament Just so you know, I already found the answer in my textbook and all of you are wrong! The answer is #3. Children in middle childhood (from 8-10 years of age) will behave better or have a much better overall demeanor if they have a close, high quality relationship with their parents- a secure attachment.
Asked by Dorothy K - Sat Aug 2 11:55:25 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Peer relationships. Adolescents have much pressure from their peers when it comes to clothes, music, friends, and even drugs. This is when their demeanor starts changing and are easily influenced.
Answered by Erica W - Sat Aug 2 12:33:13 2008

What your favorite childhood memory and how important is it that you let your child experience the same?
Q. What fun or memorable things happened that you absolutely will not forget, that happened during your childhood?
Asked by The sslue Lu k L ne - Sun Dec 6 21:07:55 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. One year on Christmas eve I was in bed and I heard my parents setting up a kitchen and table set for my sister and me, and my dad got up on the roof and stomped around as though he's Santa and he made reindeer prints, I knew by then Santa wasn't real but it was still so magical. When I woke up I came out to the living room and the floor was covered in gifts for my brothers, sister and me. We had Christmas breakfast with the whole extended family and my sister and I ate at our little plastic table, it was just great. It was the last year we had Christmas breakfast with the whole family (Sorry, it was long...) EDIT:: It's important for my children to experience this because, even though I didn't believe in Santa, it was so magical, they… [cont.]
Answered by Just for Jesus <3 - Sun Dec 6 21:23:55 2009

What is your fav childhood story and why?
Q. I am looking for a story that my son will enjoy. Is there any stories for your own childhood that you remember fondly and why?
Asked by unknown - Mon Jun 14 01:59:36 2010 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There are really only two books I can remember: Lon Po Po and The Stinky Cheese Man. Lon Po Po is a bit of a dark fairytale. It's labeled as a Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. "This version of the Red Riding Hood story from Young ( The Emperor and the Kite ; Cats Are Cats ; Yeh-Shen ) features three daughters left at home when their mother goes to visit their grandmother. Lon Po Po, the Granny Wolf, pretends to be the girls' grandmother, until clever Shang, the eldest daughter, suspects the greedy wolf's real identity. Tempting him with ginkgo nuts, the girls pull him in a basket to the top of the tree in which they are hiding, then let go of the rope--killing him." I just remember loving the heck out of that book when I was… [cont.]
Answered by Mizzuz Spock [heart in a cage] - Mon Jun 14 02:21:51 2010

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Quotes regarding Childhood, a broad term usually applied to the phase of development in humans between Infant|infancy and adulthood.

See also: Children.

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  • When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of Hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

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  • Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
  • Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.
  • Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.
  • Childhood's over the Moment You know You're gonna Die
  • He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.
  • I was never a child. I was always a menopausal woman in a child's body.
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