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Young child
* All young children handle their genitals
  - have the natural ability to learn easily by imitation and repetition
  - learn through play
* Many young children are at risk for dental decay
  - in danger each year from household poisons
  - top heavy and susceptible to head and spinal cord injury
* Many young children develop a fear of bugs during the toddler and preschool years
  - stutter a year or two after they begin to speak
* Many young children engage in challenging behavior at various times during their early development
  - behavior in the course of early development
* Many young children have problems switching from one activity to another
  - trouble with small buttons, hooks, and clasps
  - hit, kick, and bite during play to avoid sharing or to get a toy they want
  - know that people can fly without the use of any mechanical device
  - love to read about different kinds of animals
  - spend several hours each day in the care of someone other than a relative
  - suffer recurrent ear infections
  - use art as communication
* Many young children wheeze when they have an upper respiratory infection or a cold
  - have an upper respiratory tract infection or a cold
  - write letters or numbers backwards
* Most young children are afraid of ghosts and monsters
  - at risk for accidents and injuries
  - completely at home in their bodies
  - more comfortable on the floor than in a chair
  - determine their own gender identity by age two
  - feel more secure when they have set routines
* Most young children have first urinary tract infection
  - grandparents
  - levels
  - mothers who work outside the home
  - no interest in eating trees or their leaves, so the risk is low
  - only a mild flu-like illness without jaundice, or no symptoms at all
  - senses
  - small capacities and prefer small, frequent meals
  - urinary infection
  - like to help with household tasks
  - play in backyards
  - recognize and believe that animals have feelings
  - require sedation to undergo a CAT scan
  - use a pacifier or suck on their thumb or fingers
* Some young children are diagnosed with conditions.
* Some young children become irritable upon waking for sedation
  - sensitized to mosquito or flea bites
  - believe that they are loved only when they achieve
* Some young children consume chew gum
  - nicotine gum
  - eat paint that is peeling or chipping
  - go through biting stages
* Some young children have a surgical procedure to implant a central venous catheter into a vein
  - have seizures
  - kill birds
  - see death
* ren absorb more lead and are more sensitive to the effects of lead
  - acquire knowledge almost exclusively by doing and through movement
  - appear to be at highest risk for a lethal bite
  - are a high-risk group for several reasons
* ren are active learners who construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world
  - learners, always building on their experiences and relationships
  - almost always wary of unfamiliar situations and people
* ren are also at special risk if they contract malaria as they can become seriously ill
  - vulnerable to foodborne illness
  - at greatest risk of abuse and neglect
* ren are at high risk of drowning in the bath
  - overdose toxicity
  - highest risk for lead poisoning
  - most risk for significant long-term sun and heat injury
* ren are at the greatest risk of developing pulmonary toxicity
  - most risk of death due to child abuse
  - capable of learning the words penis, vagina, and breast
  - color-dominant, and are more attracted by color than shape
  - completely dependent upon adults for their well-being
  - creatures of habit
  - dependent on the extended family for most of their social bonds
  - easier to lifeshape, because their immune systems are less developed
* ren are especially fond of playing with small turtles
  - good at reading our body language and facial expression
  - sensitive to the effects of even small doses of nicotine
* ren are especially susceptible to elevated levels of estrogen
* ren are especially vulnerable to burn-related injury and death
  - e. coli due to their immature immune systems
  - impaired lung function and respiratory infection
  - inadvertent contact and entrapment
  - when parents are angry
  - famous for being fussy eaters
  - generally able to learn foreign languages more easily than adults
* ren are interested in familiar events, people, objects, and animals
  - writing and reading
* ren are likely to believe their thoughts or feelings have power over others
  - feel confused, scared and lonely
  - suffer multiple episodes of acute malnutrition
  - located in kindergartens
* ren are more interested in having fun than in safety
  - liable to damage from deficient clothing than adults
* ren are more likely to be poor than any other age group, and that disparity is growing
  - poor than older children
  - prone to motion sickness
* ren are more susceptible than adults are to the harmful health effects of pesticides
  - to ear infections than older children
  - vulnerable to potential hazards of swimming pools
* ren are most at risk from lead poisoning
  - susceptible to the toxic effects of lead
  - much more likely than older children and adults to get pneumococcal disease
* ren are often more linear in their thinking about causality than adults are
  - sensitive to chemicals for a number of reasons
  - susceptible to food pathogens
  - unwilling to spend time alone in their rooms at play
* ren are particularly at risk because their immune system is less well developed
  - due to increased sensitivity of young tissues and organs
  - if they are in contact with an infectious adult
  - risk, if they have the allergy
  - prone, especially if their body temperature rises rapidly
  - vulnerable to exposure to organophosphate and carbamate pesticides
  - sometimes afraid of bats
  - the group of people most susceptible to the dangers of lead poisoning
* ren are the most mobile of child age groups
  - susceptible to all forms of pneumococcal disease
* ren are very much at risk from passive smoking
  - sensitive to their parents' emotional states
  - susceptible to contagious diseases
  - word-learning wizards
  - become susceptible to lead poisoning when they place objects into their mouths
* ren believe that if something sounds alive or looks alive, it is alive
  - their thoughts, feelings and words have magical power
  - what they see and hear on television
* ren can also be candidates for implants
  - have odor coming from their teeth
* ren can be at considerable risk if they play in or near hobby work areas
  - responsible for keeping their own rooms tidy and for making their own beds
  - very possessive and unwilling to share toys
  - begin to express feelings and show facial expressions which show that feeling
* ren can choke on virtually any object
  - or inhale into their lungs small parts such as the small plastic eyes
* ren can draw or paint a picture and dictate their thoughts to an adult
  - pictures of what they are imagining
* ren can drown in just a few inches of water
  - less than one inch of water in a matter of seconds
  - only a few inches of water, even if they've had swimming instruction
  - enhance their imagination by combining sound with pictures
  - get lead poisoning by eating paint chips
* ren can have a form called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  - language delay that limits early learning
  - short attention spans
  - instantly receive and catalog thousands of images in the subconscious
* ren can learn about angles, shapes, and solids by looking at the physical world
  - by looking at and playing with animals and plants
  - more easily and efficiently than at any other time in their lives
  - to understand the organization of language by learning song lyrics
  - valuable lessons by caring for animals
  - often regrow a fingertip severed in a car door
  - quickly drown in just inches of water
  - repeat words and sentences in quiet or in environments with minimal noise levels
  - sometimes be very rough with a kitten
  - still spread the flu even into the second week of illness
* ren communicate through play
  - with their bodies as well as their voices
  - constitute the largest group at high risk from exposure to air pollutants
  - continue to be egocentric and consider themselves the center of the world
* ren develop and mature at different rates
  - at greatly different rates, both overall and in specific areas
  - their vocabularies as they learn to describe sizes, shapes, and positions
  - through predictable stages as learners
  - discover mummies at the time they are beginning to comprehend death
  - equate physical closeness with friendship
* ren experience shudder attacks or shivering, and older children get migraine attacks
  - the world through touch, sight, and movement
  - face greater risks from burn injuries than do adults and older children
  - feel pleasure when they urinate or have a bowel movement
* ren find great comfort in routines, especially during times of stress
  - it hard to sit still for extended periods of time
  - go to sleep more easily if the hour before bedtime is quiet and peaceful
* ren grow and change quickly
  - develop best when they are provided the conditions under which to flourish
  - in important ways during their first five years
* ren have a hard time sitting still and being quiet for long periods of time
  - higher risk of death from measles than adults do
  - large head in comparison with the rest of the body
* ren have a natural curiosity about their environments, including technology
  - interest in wildlife
  - passion for animals and other worlds
  - tendency to bite off more than they can chew at any one time
* ren have a tendency to put everything in their mouths
  - things into their mouths
  - more of a tendency to develop an allergy to peanut oil
  - shorter attention spans and less developed fine motor skills
  - special needs that often differ from day to day
* ren have the greatest risk for kidney damage due to urinary tract infections
  - kidney damage from urinary tract infections
* ren have the greatest risk of exposure
  - kidney damage caused by urinary tract infections
  - unique food patterns and needs in comparison to older children and adults
  - vivid imaginations, creative minds, and sensitive personalities
  - ingest much more soil, earth, dust and paint than adults
  - join families
  - jump up and down when they are excited and sway gently when content or at rest
* ren learn about the world primarily by playing
  - themselves in relationship to other people
* ren learn and construct knowledge as a result of meaningful experiences
  - develop differently
* ren learn by doing and their experiences
  - interacting with their environment
  - how to move in their environment by playing alone in their own personal space
  - language as a result of meaningful experiences
  - more quickly and efficiently than adults
  - primarily by touch and sight
* ren learn primarily through seeing
  - sensory experience
  - social skills when they interact with other children
  - that they relate to other people and physical things
* ren learn through activity - moving, exploring, and acting on objects
  - play and active engagement with their environment
* ren learn through their senses and experiences
* ren learn to read and write at different times, in different ways
  - talk by imitating the sounds made by their parents
  - write much as they learned to talk
* ren like to put rubber bands on pets
  - their fingers, toys and other objects in their mouths
  - take the lids off of containers
* ren love holding hands and being hugged or cuddled
  - making pictures move, grow, and multiply
* ren love to explore and experiment
  - hear stories about their parents' childhood
  - pick up and cuddle animals
* ren love to play with language and try out different sounds
  - play, sometimes together, sometimes apart and sometimes side by side
  - use their hands and faces to communicate with each other
  - match spatial proportions
  - memorize and recite poems to grasp the rhythms of speech and words
  - model the behavior of older children and adults
  - move quickly and like to hug pets
* ren pay attention
  - close attention
  - perform certain tasks at home just because they are part of the family or household
  - playing in the chests can become trapped inside and suffocate
  - reach different levels of learning and development at different times
  - rely on their verbal abilities to communicate
* ren remain at a high risk of fatalities
  - high risk for loss of life
  - highest risk for loss of life resulting from child neglect and abuse
  - require intake
  - respond to rhythms, movement, and music
  - see their parents and older siblings as role models
  - speak their minds, and they love to talk
  - spend much time on the floor and put lots of things into their mouths while teething
  - start developing literacy skills long before they can actually read
* ren suffer a higher proportion of head injuries than older children
  - from an average of six to eight colds a year
  - suffering from lead poisoning can experience learning, behavior and health problems
  - take precaution
* ren tend to be more physically aggressive than older children
  - susceptible to lead absorption and toxicity than adults
* ren tend to be most awake in the early mornings and get sleepy in the afternoons
  - effective at ingesting and spreading pinworm eggs
  - grab for things, especially when they are learning to stand or walk
  - have the highest blood lead levels of any age group
  - love their parents, sometimes against great odds
* ren to attend primary schools
* ren use many forms of communication - oral, pictorial and symbolic
  - motive information to make trait inferences
  - visit doctors