Outline of childhood

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to childhood:

Children – biologically, a child (plural: children) is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some definitions include the unborn (termed fetus). 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."

Child education

 * Education reform
 * Education
 * Learning disability
 * List of education topics
 * Public education

School

 * School
 * School run
 * School uniform
 * Student

Stages



 * Educational stage
 * Primary education
 * Primary school
 * Middle school
 * Secondary education
 * Secondary school

Methods and theories

 * Bilingual education
 * Boarding School
 * Country Day School movement
 * Homeschooling
 * Montessori method
 * Orff Schulwerk
 * Outcome-based education
 * Philosophy of education
 * Phonics
 * Prussian education
 * Reggio Emilia approach
 * Religious education
 * Suzuki method
 * Waldorf School

Instruction content and tools



 * Abacus
 * Educational programming language
 * Language education
 * Mathematics education
 * Origami
 * Philosophy for Children
 * Physical education
 * Reading education
 * Reading recovery
 * Recess
 * Religious education as a school subject
 * School corporal punishment
 * School discipline
 * Science education
 * Writing development

Preschool



 * Early childhood education
 * Curricula in early childhood care and education
 * Preschool
 * Kindergarten
 * Forest kindergarten

Childcare

 * Child care
 * Babysitting
 * Governess
 * Nanny
 * Au pair

Extracurricular and informal



 * After-school activity
 * Children's street culture
 * Extracurricular activity
 * Music lesson
 * Scouting
 * Youth sports
 * Youth system
 * Unschooling

Growth and development

 * Child development
 * Nature versus nurture

Stages of formative period

 * Child development stages
 * Pregnancy
 * Conception
 * Embryo
 * Fetus
 * Infant
 * Childbirth
 * Child
 * Early childhood
 * Early Childhood Development
 * Toddler
 * Adolescence
 * Preadolescence
 * Puberty
 * Entering Adulthood

Social development

 * 3 month old infant cooing in response to caregiver.ogvl emotional development
 * Attachment Theory
 * Attachment in children
 * Child directed speech
 * Language development
 * Language acquisition
 * Speech acquisition
 * Baby talk
 * Babbling
 * Baby sign language
 * Vocabulary Development
 * Mama and papa
 * Errors in early word use
 * Crib talk
 * Stranger Anxiety
 * Westermarck effect
 * Private speech
 * Peer group
 * peer pressure
 * Friendship
 * Imaginary friend
 * Child sexuality
 * Puppy love

Personal care

 * Breastfeeding
 * Baby bottle
 * Infant bed
 * Infant sleep
 * Diaper
 * Weaning
 * Toilet Training

Physical development and growth

 * Vincent van Gogh - First Steps, after Millet.jpg depicts a young child learning to walk]]Development of the human body
 * Growth hormone
 * Motor skill
 * Gross motor skill
 * Crawling (human)
 * Fine motor skill
 * Childhood development of fine motor skills
 * Grasp

Intellectual and cognitive development

 * Cognitive development
 * Infant cognitive development
 * Object permanence
 * Mirror stage
 * Comfort object
 * Development of the nervous system in humans
 * Learning
 * Children's use of information
 * Moral development
 * Happy victimizing
 * Theory of mind

Innate

 * Birth defect
 * Developmental disorder
 * Attachment theory
 * Attention deficit disorder
 * Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
 * Autism
 * Down syndrome
 * Growth hormone deficiency
 * Disability
 * Intellectual disability
 * Physical disability

In life

 * Stillbirth
 * Maternal death
 * SIDS
 * Maternal deprivation
 * Infant mortality
 * List of childhood diseases and disorders
 * Feral child
 * Infection in childcare
 * Child poverty
 * Childhood obesity
 * Child prodigy
 * Precocious puberty
 * Delayed puberty

Relations

 * Parent
 * Mother
 * Father
 * Sibling
 * Brother
 * Sister
 * Grandparent
 * Aunt
 * Uncle
 * Cousin
 * Extended family
 * Stepfamily
 * Godparent

Concepts

 * Parenting
 * Child custody
 * Family law
 * Adoption
 * Orphan
 * Inheritance
 * Child support
 * Incest taboo
 * Surrogate mother
 * Fathers' rights
 * Illegitimacy
 * Divorce
 * Best interests
 * Morality and legality of abortion
 * Sex-selective abortion
 * Voluntary childlessness

Legal rights, responsibilities and restrictions



 * Age limit
 * Age of consent
 * Age of criminal responsibility
 * Age of majority
 * Children's rights movement
 * Children's rights education
 * Minor (law)
 * Voting age
 * Youth rights

Behaviour management

 * Child discipline
 * Corporal punishment
 * Corporal punishment in the home
 * Grounding (discipline technique)
 * Juvenile delinquency
 * Spanking
 * Time-out (parenting)
 * Young offender
 * Youth detention center

Child protection and welfare



 * Child and Youth Care
 * Child benefit
 * Child labour laws
 * Child protection
 * Parental leave
 * Residential care
 * Foster care
 * Orphanage
 * Social services
 * UNICEF – the United Nations Children's Fund
 * Welfare

Child abuse

 * Child sexual abuse
 * Paedophilia
 * Child pornography
 * Child abuse
 * Child neglect
 * Child abandonment
 * Child abduction
 * Child murder
 * Filicide
 * Child selling
 * Child slavery
 * Infanticide
 * Military use of children

Vulnerable situations and possible abuse

 * Child marriage
 * Child displacement
 * Child actor
 * Child refugee
 * Child labour
 * Children in emergencies and conflicts
 * Homelessness
 * Ephebophilia

History of children in society

 * History of childhood
 * History of children in the military
 * History of early childhood care and education
 * History of education
 * History of the family

Specific times and places

 * Childhood in Maya society
 * Childhood in the Viking Age
 * Childhood in medieval England
 * Childhood in Scotland in the Middle Ages
 * Childhood in early modern Scotland
 * Stolen Generations
 * Effect of World War I on children in the United States
 * Children in the Holocaust
 * Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children

Media and literature

 * Advertising to children
 * Children's clothing
 * Children's culture
 * Children's literature
 * Fairy tale
 * Picture book
 * Children's film
 * Animation
 * Children's music
 * Nursery rhyme
 * Lullaby
 * Children's television series

Toys and games

 * Game
 * List of children's games
 * Play
 * Playground
 * Toy
 * List of toys