### period:

Childhood
* Many childhood diseases such as cystic fibrosis are the result of defective genes.
* Most childhood heros wear capes.
  * ends when a human being begins puberty. This stage after childhood is called adolescence, between puberty and adulthood. Legally, a person child until age 18 in the United States.
* begins after the baby's first birthday and continues until the teens.
* causes of adult diseases.
* critical period for bone development, essential for life-long bone health.
* diseases devastate children of all cultures, all economic levels
  - like measles, chicken pox and mumps can also be fatal to small monkeys
* gives way to maturity, in physical, mental, and emotional development.
* has effects
  - ripple effects
* headaches Neurogenetic diseases Behavioral disorders, including autism.
* includes latency periods
  - phases
  - stages
* involves more change, more risk, and perhaps more stress, than any other period of life.
* is also the most critical time for learning, growing and building.
* is an important time for tooth and bone development
  - in the development of an individual
  - both the most important and the most vulnerable period of life
  - characterized by rapid physical and mental growth
  - for learning and having fun
  - how the human future begins
  - immaturity
  - marked by strong dependence on one's parents
* is meant to be shared, especially with other kids
  - the happiest time of one's life
* is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows
  - sounds, smells, and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows
  - one of the most important times in a person's life
  - part of human life
  - perhaps the most karmic period of life
  - recognised as being a cultural construction which is temporally and spatially defined
  - singles
  - supposed to be a happy, carefree time of life
* is the culture in which individual development occurs
  - foundation that lasts a lifetime
  - ideal time to instill lifelong healthy habits regarding sun safety
  - most important time to nurture curiosity and learning
  - prime time for human development
* is the time to begin the development of active and healthy lifestyles
  - to prevent adult-onset cardiovascular disease
  - when character is formed for life
  - where humanity begins
* lead exposure is widespread.
* lead poisoning disproportionately affects poor and minority children
  - in young children still remains a problem in some local areas
  - remains a major, preventable environmental health problem
* most critical stage of life.
* period of short-lived dreams and fancies
  - special protection and rights
* refers to the period of human development from infancy through adolescence.
* reflection of adulthood.
* relatively short period in life, and yet it time for much learning.
* starts from birth to adolescence and at every step a child goes through a phase of risk.
* time for learning first by seeing, then by hearing and reading
  - skills
  - learning, and learning comes first by seeing, then by hearing and reading
* time of great uncertainty and children seek comfort and understanding in their lives
  - intensive, continuous learning
* time to be free, to explore the world, to laugh, to feel good
  - grow and be active and learn naturally
  - grow, to experience, to discover, to know, to be
  - play Happy times to learn Without parents who like to burn
* time when everything is new, wondrous and terrifying
  - linguistic skills are most easily acquired
* transient stage in human life.
* unique and valuable stage in the life cycle.
* young person's everyday reality.