The study of the emotional development of infants and children is relatively new, having been studied empirically only during the past few decades. Researchers have approached this area from a variety of theoretical perspectives, which differ mainly on...

Child growth includes the period between toddlerhood to pre-adolescence. In the post-toddler period, nutrition continues to be critically important. The child's coordination, language, ability to think, and social skills advance rapidly. In the...

Critical Period A time span generally in early development during which an organism is uniquely sensitive to specific stimuli. Also referred to as the optimal or sensitive period. Although the term "critical period" is used in a variety...

Child development is a general term that takes into account all areas of a child's growth, including physical, intellectual, emotional, moral, social, psychological, and sensory and motor development. All children develop at different rates in...

Child development is the study or examination of mechanisms that operate during the biological and psychological process of growth of a child to adolescence, from dependency to increasing autonomy. Pediatrics is the branch of medicine relating to the...

Playgrounds that are planned according to children's ages and developmental differences can safely provide needed play experiences. The developmental needs of infants, preschoolers and school-age children are discussed in terms of playground design. Once limited to major American cities, today's interest in playgrounds...

Television and Child Development, 3d ed. Judith Van Evra. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. 302 pp. $29.95 pbk. Television and other electronic visual media (i.e., Internet, VCRs, DVDs, cable, music videos, computer and video games) have the strongest effect on children who...

Youngsters who had quality child care before kindergarten had better vocabulary scores by fifth grade, but the more time they spent in child care, the more likely their sixth grade teachers were to report problem behaviors.The findings come from the largest study of child care...

The more time that children spent in child care, the more likely their sixth grade teachers were to report problem behavior.Also, children who got quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did youngsters who received lower quality...