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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."
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See also
- Child (hieroglyph)
- Childhood
- Advertising to children
- Age of consent
- Child development
- Children Youth and Environments Journal
- Defense of infancy
- List of youth topics
- Youth rights
- List of terms of endearment
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