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| - | [[Image:Mother with child by Joos van Cleve.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Madonna and Child]]'' ([[16th century]]) by [[Joos van Cleve]]]] | + | [[Image:Bouguereau Innocence.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Innocence (Bouguereau)|Innocence]]'' ([[1893]]) by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]]: Both young [[children]] and [[lamb]]s are [[symbol]]s of [[innocence]]]] |
| + | [[Image:A Child at Gunpoint of the Stroop Report.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[A Child at Gunpoint]]'' ([[1943]]) from the ''[[Stroop Report]]'']] | ||
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| A '''child''' (plural: '''children''') is a [[human being]] between the stages of [[birth]] and [[puberty]]. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a [[minor (law)|minor]], otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. "Child" may also describe a relationship with a [[parent]] or [[authority figure]], or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties." | A '''child''' (plural: '''children''') is a [[human being]] between the stages of [[birth]] and [[puberty]]. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a [[minor (law)|minor]], otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. "Child" may also describe a relationship with a [[parent]] or [[authority figure]], or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties." | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| * [[Child (hieroglyph)]] | * [[Child (hieroglyph)]] | ||
| * [[Childhood]] | * [[Childhood]] | ||
| - | * [[Advertising to children]] | + | * [[One-child policy]] |
| * [[Age of consent]] | * [[Age of consent]] | ||
| * [[Child development]] | * [[Child development]] | ||
| - | * [[Children Youth and Environments Journal]] | ||
| * [[Defense of infancy]] | * [[Defense of infancy]] | ||
| * [[List of youth topics]] | * [[List of youth topics]] | ||
| - | * [[Youth rights]] | + | * [[Children's rights]] |
| *[[List of terms of endearment]] | *[[List of terms of endearment]] | ||
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A child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. "Child" may also describe a relationship with a parent or authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties."
See also
- Child (hieroglyph)
- Childhood
- One-child policy
- Age of consent
- Child development
- Defense of infancy
- List of youth topics
- Children's rights
- List of terms of endearment
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