child development
Youth progression stages
Child development is the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth that occurs from infancy through adolescence.
The term appears most often in educational and psychological contexts: child development milestones, early child development programs.
Specialists study how children acquire language, motor skills, and social abilities at different stages.
The pediatrician said his child development was right on track.
Infant's earliest speech
- first stepsInitial actions taken
- sitting upBody raised vertical
- rolling overRotating to another side
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
pointing · waving · smiling · object permanence · stranger anxiety · separation anxiety · self-feeding · potty training
Recreation or staged drama
- sharingDividing among others
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- turn-takingAlternating speaker roles
empathy · socialization · communication · manners · conflict resolution · parallel play · imaginative play · group play
Gaining knowledge gradually
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
problem-solving · comprehension · perception · intelligence · neuroplasticity · literacy · numeracy · curiosity
Coordinated bodily movement ability
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
gross motor · reflexes · growth · height · weight · teething · grasping · jumping
Connection or fondness
- bondingForming close connections
- caregivingAttending to dependents
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
security · nourishment · maternal · paternal · responsiveness · breastfeeding · co-sleeping · skin-to-skin
first words
Infant's earliest speech
- first stepsInitial actions taken
- sitting upBody raised vertical
- rolling overRotating to another side
babbling · pointing · waving · smiling · object permanence · stranger anxiety · separation anxiety · self-feeding · potty training · dressing
play
Recreation or staged drama
- sharingDividing among others
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
turn-taking · empathy · socialization · communication · manners · conflict resolution · parallel play · imaginative play · group play · sibling
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
reasoning · problem-solving · comprehension · perception · intelligence · neuroplasticity · literacy · numeracy · curiosity · creativity
motor skills
Coordinated bodily movement ability
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
balance · gross motor · reflexes · growth · height · weight · teething · grasping · jumping · running
attachment
Connection or fondness
- bondingForming close connections
- caregivingAttending to dependents
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
affection · security · nourishment · maternal · paternal · responsiveness · breastfeeding · co-sleeping · skin-to-skin · soothing
- Head Startschool readiness, early learning, family services, parent involvement, health screenings
- naturalistic educationlearning by doing, hands-on learning, discovery learning, progressive education, student-centered
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- parentinggentle parenting, mom, kids, attachment parenting, son
- pediatricspediatrician, pediatricians, pediatrics, pediatric care, pediatric clinics
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
child developmentadult learning
Post-childhood knowledge acquisition
senescence · elderly care · gerontology · aging · midlife transition
child developmentcognitive decline
Worsening of thought abilities
deterioration · decline · regression · neurodegeneration · arrested development
child developmentgeriatric care
Medicine for old age
elder care · gerontology · hospice care · palliative care · end-of-life care
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