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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." DefinitionsThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as "every human being below the age of 16 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier." Biologically, a child is anyone in the developmental stage of childhood, between infancy and adulthood. Attitudes toward childrenSocial attitudes toward children differ around the world in various cultures. These attitudes have changed over time and in different historical periods. A 1988 study on European attitudes toward the centrality of children found Italy was more child-centric and the Netherlands less child-centric, with other countries (Austria, Great Britain, Ireland, and West Germany) falling in between. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  img2.travelblog.org 405px x 600px | 70.10kB [source page] 4 The children of Moynaq  mccullagh.org 512px x 768px | 65.70kB [source page] License this photo Complete information on licensing for editorial commercial or other uses  rootsworld.com 280px x 300px | 20.50kB [source page] where he often comes to perform He has now started West Africa s first music school for children Maali s Music School In January of 1999 I paid M Bye and his students a visit in Gambia Tubab Tubaaab Dozens of happy and shrill children s voices follow us when we walk through the sandy cluttered alleys towards Alagi Mbye s family compound in the village of Talliding From Yahoo Image Search: "Children"  avko.blogspot.com AVKO Foundation hu, 09 Jul 2009 17:09:00 GM This is a great way for the . children. to see their own vocabulary words in print, and in the context of full sentences that are syntactically and grammatically correct, reinforcing their language building skills. ...  parentalalienationcanada.blogspot.com Michael J. Murphy Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:41:00 GM Laumann and the . children's. father, Olympic gold-medalist rower John Wallace, live in Victoria and share joint custody of their . children. . According to Pearlman's judgment, they were married in 1993, but separated in 2002. ...  islandcrisis.net Kurt Avish ue, 07 Jul 2009 14:56:23 GM Talibans are using . children. to perform suicide bombing. Baitullah Mehsud is tracked as the leader of the training camps. From Google Blog Search: "Children"  news.google.com FOXNews "When your children are using social networks, remind them to be careful about who they add as a friend, show them how to set privacy settings to keep ... and more » news.google.com Forbes "While the remarkable performance of children acquiring one language is impressive, many children acquire more than one language simultaneously," said study ... and more » news.google.com The Associated Press But in the new all-digital Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, doctors just clicked on a COW a "computer on wheels" that rolls to each patient's side. ... AP: Children's Hospital A Model For Benefits, Struggles Of Health IT Kaiser Health News all 179 news articles » From Google News Search: "Children" How to adopt the children of my boyfriends? Q. He has children from a previous marriage and the mother of these children has not been in the picture for many years and not paying child support ever. The children are 10 & 11. This is in Canada and we want to do the adoption ourselves without a lawyer. How do we do it? We do plan on getting married soon. Asked by Susie - Tue Jun 23 13:30:43 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'm not sure about Cananda, but here in the States, you will have to be married. Some places have a minimum time that you must be married, others do not. Contact a family law attornet in your area and see what the laws in your area are. Most likley it will be an easy process since she has not seen the children or paid child support in over a year. Answered by kidmindi - Tue Jun 23 15:58:22 2009 Should children be allowed to grow in tribal communities with huts and no education, in civilized countries? Q. In tribes, where parents and children share and sleep on the floor, inside a single small hut. There's no modern appliances, nor water pipes or electricity, no real medicine, nor real education. Or should the parents be forced to move to a decent modern place or forced to at least send their children to school or have their kids taken away? A single hut, also means in some tribes or cultures, that love is made between both parents at night in that hut regardless of company. Asked by Darian - Fri Feb 22 12:05:13 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. And who are YOU to decide to wipe out the way of life, and culture, of a people you can't even understand? Forcing parents in such tribes ( and there are so very few of them left in the world nowadays) to move away from the only home and life they have ever known, just so you could be satisfied that their kids are going to grow up in what you THINK is a "normal" environment, is tantamount to cultural genocide, Darian. Most of these parents could not survive in the modern world without special help and support- the world they were born into and grew up in is the only one they know. Doing what you suggest would mean that these people inevitably become burdens on the government and taxpayers of whatever country they live in. Plus, has it ever… [cont.] Answered by Starlight 1 - Fri Feb 22 12:21:26 2008 What is the biological reason that humans want to have children?
Q. Humans have evolved to desire sex through numerous hormonal chemicals. But what mechanism exists to make humans want to have children? In general, humans desire sex but now that numerous birth control methods exist, sex is no longer necessarily tied to having children. So what biological reason makes humans want to have children, because many could have sex and no children if they so desired. And, it seems to me that such a scenario is in effect. Children per adult is decreasing in nations where the populations can easily afford a lifetime supply of birth control. But why doesn't the rate go down to zero for that group of people? Of course, I'm not advocating this, I'm just wondering why we see these results. I still don't get it:… [cont.] Asked by presidentrichardnixon - Sat Mar 17 13:19:04 2007 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. Humans are still animals like all other. And while not as prevelant as other animals, biological instincts still exist. all animals have an inherent instint to mate. it is hard wired into us. Answered by galaxy_traveller - Sat Mar 17 13:22:35 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Children" Quotes regarding children.
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