Akademik

Childhood

(1) The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. (2) The more circumscribed period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty. During childhood, the potential of a unique human person must be nurtured by parents or parent figures.

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The period of life between infancy and puberty.

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child·hood 'chīld-.hu̇d n the state or period of being a child

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child·hood (chīldґhood) the period of life of the human young generally considered to extend from infancy to puberty.

Medical dictionary. 2011.