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 participating in competitive sport harmful to young children?
There is a proposal for all primary school children (ages 4 to 11) in England to play competitive team sports:
Competitive team sports will be made compulsory for all primary age children, David Cameron said on Saturday, after he criticised schools…
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What is the impact on climate change of having a child?
I found one study from 2017 that says (emphasis mine):
We recommend four widely applicable high-impact (i.e. low emissions) actions with the potential to contribute to systemic change and substantially reduce annual personal emissions: having one…
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Are scary fairy tales beneficial for children's psychological development?
There seems to be a popular claim amongst psychiatrists that scary, cruel and other ethically questionable traditional fairy tales are beneficial for the development of a child's mind.
People promoting this theory often quote Bruno Bettelheim's The…
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Are LGBT activists allowed to make gender education in Kindergartens in Germany?
There are various rumors about this, particularly in the previous East Block. The goal of the activists is supposed to educate a more tolerant view for the children already in the early childhood. Opponents argument mostly by the (constitutional)…
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Does a child need a father and a mother?
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Is there any scientific evidence regarding measurable adverse effects (if any) of child rearing by homosexual human couples?
Every time someone brings up same sex couples and adoption, someone has to mention "but children need…
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Do children in daycare have elevated cortisol levels?
An article named Children's elevated cortisol levels at daycare is used to argue against daycare.
Our main finding was that at daycare children display higher cortisol levels compared to the home setting. [...] We speculate that children in center…
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