Definition of Childhood. Meaning of Childhood. Synonyms of Childhood

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Definition of Childhood

Childhood
Childhood Child"hood (ch[imac]ld"h[oo^]d), n. [AS. cildh[=a]d; cild child + -h[=a]d. See Child, and -hood.] 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. --1. Sam. xii. 2. 2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W. Scott. 3. The commencement; the first period. The childhood of our joy. --Shak. Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.

Meaning of Childhood from wikipedia

- their social lives. Middle childhood begins at around age 7, and ends at around age 9 or 10. Together, early and middle childhood are called formative years...
- childhood nudity in various social situations is controversial, with many differences in behavior worldwide. Depending upon conceptions of childhood innocence...
- Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are...
- Look up second childhood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second childhood may refer to: Senile dementia Second Childhood, a 1976 album by Phoebe Snow...
- The term childhood disease refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the age of 18 or 21 years old. Many of these diseases can...
- Ivan's Childhood (Russian: Ива́ново де́тство, romanized: Ivanovo detstvo), sometimes released as My Name Is Ivan in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama...
- Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include childhood emotional, physical, or ****ual abuse and household dysfunction during childhood. The categories...
- up childhood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Childhood is the age span ranging between birth and puberty. Childhood may also refer to: Childhood (Tolstoy...
- several museums called the Museum of Childhood: Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh), Scotland V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London, England, run...
- Childhood and Society is a 1950 book about the social significance of childhood by the psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson. Erikson discusses the social significance...