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A child (pl. children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may also refer to an unborn human being. In English-speaking countries, the legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, in this case as a person younger than the local age of majority (there are exceptions like, for example, the consume and purchase of alcoholic beverage even after said age of majority), regardless of their physical, mental and sexual development as biological adults. Children generally have fewer rights and responsibilities than adults. They are generally classed as unable to make serious decisions.
Child may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an 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."
Credit: Wikipedia - childrenDon’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up but what problems do they want to solve. This changes the conversation from who do I want to work for, to what do I need to learn to be able to do that. Credit: Jaime Casap Google global education evangelist Posts where this … Continue reading Don’t Ask Kids What They Want to Be When They Grow Up Jaime Casap
We teachers – perhaps all human beings – are in the grip of an astonishing delusion. We think that we can take a picture, a structure, a working model of something, constructed in our minds out of long experience and familiarity, and by turning that model into a string of words, transplant it whole into … Continue reading We Are in the Grip of an Astonishing Delusion John Holt
Gurteen Knowledge Blog December 2, 2020, 12:01As a child, we are taught not to talk with strangers, and as a 4-year-old with little experience of the world, this is probably sound advice. But as an adult, talking with strangers can be exceptionally rewarding. Knowledge Letter: Issue: 247 (Subscribe)Tags: children (5) | conversation (198) | talk with … Continue reading Talking with Strangers Can Be Exceptionally Rewarding Talk to strangers
If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him. Credit: John Holt Posts where this quotation is embedded Avoiding Modern-day … Continue reading Don’t Try to Force a Child to Do What He Is Afraid to Do John Holt
We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing. Credit: Ralph Waldo Emerson Posts where this quotation is embedded Avoiding Modern-day Colonialism Colonialism: the dominance, control, and exploitation by one group over another Changing People … Continue reading Shut Up in Schools Ralph Waldo Emerson
