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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)/23%3A_Human_Growth_and_Development/23.6%3A_ChildhoodLegally, childhood is defined as the period of minority, which lasts from birth until adulthood (majority). The age of majority varies by place and purpose. For example, in the United States, at age 1...Legally, childhood is defined as the period of minority, which lasts from birth until adulthood (majority). The age of majority varies by place and purpose. For example, in the United States, at age 18, you are considered an adult for military service, but a minor for buying alcohol. Biologically, childhood is defined as the stage of a human organism between birth and adolescence.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Butte_College/BC%3A_BIOL_2_-_Introduction_to_Human_Biology_(Grewal)/Text/23%3A_Human_Growth_and_Development/23.6%3A_ChildhoodThe boys in this photo from 1911 are just children. All of them are between eight and 12 years old — years you no doubt spent in elementary and middle school. For the boys in the picture, those years ...The boys in this photo from 1911 are just children. All of them are between eight and 12 years old — years you no doubt spent in elementary and middle school. For the boys in the picture, those years were spent as coal workers in a Pennsylvania mine. Their job was to separate impurities from coal by hand. For ten hours each day, six days a week, they would sit on wooden seats, perched over chutes and conveyor belts, picking impurities out of the coal. The use of boys to do this work began in the
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/Principles_of_the_Human_Body/12%3A_Human_Growth_and_Development/12.6%3A_ChildhoodLegally, childhood is defined as the period of minority, which lasts from birth until adulthood (majority). The age of majority varies by place and purpose. For example, in the United States, at age 1...Legally, childhood is defined as the period of minority, which lasts from birth until adulthood (majority). The age of majority varies by place and purpose. For example, in the United States, at age 18, you are considered an adult for military service, but a minor for buying alcohol. Biologically, childhood is defined as the stage of a human organism between birth and adolescence.
