Term has many and varied definitions depending on context, but is generally accepted as the period in life between birth and puberty, although this can be argued. Can also refer to offspring at any stage in life.
Questions tagged [children]
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Is riding with strangers unsafe?
A commonly taught adage is to never accept a ride from a stranger. This applies mostly to children and goes hand in hand with warnings about accepting gifts from strangers.
Now, having grown older, I cannot think of anyone amongst my friends,…
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Does stretching help children grow taller?
This article claims:
Stretching is a great way to increase height. Get your child to start
with simple stretches like the wall stretch. Make him stand against a
wall with the back towards it. Raise hands in the air and stretch as
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Is sleep training a form of neglect or harmful?
Some people claim that "crying it out" is harmful. For example, the article on PhD Parenting states that crying it out is harmful to a child. I've heard others suggest that it's neglectful. I expect many of these references are to the Ferber method…
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Is it possible to influence the sex of a baby by controlling the mothers' diet?
Can a mother decide whether a baby will be born male or female through careful control of her diet?
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Do "scare kids straight" programmes reduce criminal activity?
It seems obvious to many people that if the consequences of an activity are sufficiently scary people will naturally avoid the activity. If the consequences of criminal activity are frequent death, injury or incarceration then that will be…
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Do 'wiggle chairs' help children to stay focused or learn better?
Wiggle chairs are seats designed to encourage a child to wiggle on them. They sometimes require balancing on something or regular fidgeting to keep upright. Supposedly this helps a child to focus by giving them an outlet for fidgeting that doesn't…
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Do babies have their own language?
Is it true that when babies make their little noises, they are understood by surrounding babies? Is there a regular pattern in their actions and noises they make to signify their meaning?
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Are puberty blockers fully reversible?
Multiple sources claim that puberty blockers function like a pause button. To name a few:
Using puberty blockers is like hitting a pause button
St. Louis Children's Hospital
“The really wonderful feature of puberty blockers is that they are a…
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Does playing electronic games interfere with a child's healthy dopamine response?
In this August 2015 Psychology Today blog article, a child psychiatrist and author, Dr Victoria Dunckley makes a number of claims about how screen time is causing symptoms of mental health problems.
I am interested in a large number of her claims,…
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Do poor children hear 30 million fewer words by age 3?
According to PolitiFact.com, Barack Obama stated that:
By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family.
Furthermore, PolitiFact.com reported here that this…
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Are there benefits to holding a child back a year before starting kindergarten?
My wife and I are having a bit of a debate (I won't reveal which side I'm on!). Our situation is perfect for this question, as we have two daughters: one was born Sept. 15th, and the other on Aug. 29th.
US schools (or at least here in Minnesota),…
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Are there 40,000 children of same-sex couples in California?
In 2008, California citizens passed a controversial amendment to the state constitution, Proposition 8, defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
Recently, the US Supreme Court has begun hearings on Prop 8, and for the article "Court…
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Were the vast majority of people on the National Sex Offender Registry children when they committed their crime?
In "Planet America extra podcast (PEP)" 25 Sep (At 1 hour 27 minutes) Dr David Smith made the following claim:
"The national sex offender registry is a disaster in all kinds of respects, the biggest disaster being the vast majority of people on it…
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Does driving affect women's ovaries, pushes their pelvis upwards and cause clinical problems in their children?
Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan who is either a leading Saudi cleric or a judicial adviser to an association of Gulf psychologists, has been reported to have told sabq.org (original site down, statement taken from reuters):
"If a woman drives a…
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Does drinking cow's milk make children grow taller?
A popular claim is that drinking cow's milk make children grow taller. Is that belief scientifically supported?
Suggested (by editor) (notable?) claim that strongly suggests causality:
As people who drink more milk grow taller, the consumption of…
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