Talk:Child

How should stages of development be organized?
Adolescence should be separate, as it is the in-between of childhood and adulthood.

Preadolescence is also often considered early adolescence by researchers, so where would it fit in?

Could it simply be early childhood and later childhood? 2603:7081:5B44:300:FDC2:AED8:BBBA:D972 (talk) 12:28, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 February 2023
Add definition 2a from source [1] and definition 2 from source [2] to the sentence "In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty..." The current entry is incomplete because it excludes definitions listed in the two sources provided.

Definition 2a from source [1]: 2.a. An unborn infant; a fetus. Definition 2 from source [2]: 2. an unborn or recently born human being; fetus; neonate; infant.

Change "In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty..." to "In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a human being from any developmental stage beginning at unborn, or recently born, until adolescence..." Pyroman1 (talk) 12:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. That will certainly be contentious. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:41, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it would be best to change "Some English definitions of the word child include the fetus (sometimes termed the unborn)" to "Many English definitions of the word child include the fetus (sometimes termed the unborn)."
 * References are sources 1 (2a), 2 (2), and 10 (1a) already mentioned on the page as well as:
 * 3a from Merriam-Webster
 * 4 from Dictionary.com
 * Referencing five sources may make it less controversial to change the word "some" to "many" and avoids my admittedly wordy sentence in the original request. Pyroman1 (talk) 16:16, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Greek Philosophers' teachings on Children
this article lacks eastern and western ancient philosophies on children 2600:1011:B111:B819:3D46:775E:1F72:8602 (talk) 02:30, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Who is a child
@ 102.220.249.216 (talk) 05:58, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * article actually tells you, it starts: A child (pl.: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. Moons of Io (talk) 06:01, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

"Child" is a social construction
In this article there is no conclusive definition of what or who is a child. At first we read that a child "is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty" but for the UNICEF, which is quoted at lenght in the article, "A child is any person under the age of 18." https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-version Puberty starts around the age of 10 and often even before. 95.235.217.174 (talk) 14:52, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Unclear/potential POV: Age of responsibility
"by the Church" - which church? 46.112.6.65 (talk) 12:41, 24 May 2024 (UTC)