Child facts for kids
A child (plural form is children) is a person who is not an adult yet, or who has not reached puberty. A baby that is not yet born is often called a child, too. A person can be called his or her parent's child, no matter how old he or she is. Some synonyms for the word 'child' are kid, toddler, bairn, youngster, boy or girl, lad or lass or youth.
In rich countries, children go to school. Small children may go to nursery school. Playing with small toys and using their imaginations are important for child development. But often in a developing country, children sometimes work in factories or in the fields with their parents or guardians.
When two people get married and one (or both) of them have children with someone else before they got married, that child is called a step child by the child's non-birth parent. If both people had children, the children of each parent are step brothers or step sisters of each other. If a child loses both parents they are an orphan. Orphans usually go to orphanages. If they are lucky they may be adopted by another adult wanting a child. They will then be able to grow up in a new family.
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Images for kids
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A child playing in Warri, Nigeria
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Children playing ball games, Roman artwork, 2nd century AD
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Children playing the violin in a group recital, Ithaca, New York, 2011
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Children in Madagascar, 2011
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Child playing piano, 1984
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Playing Children, by Song Dynasty Chinese artist Su Hanchen, c. 1150 AD.
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The Age of Innocence c. 1785/8. Reynolds emphasized the natural grace of children in his paintings
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Armenian scouts in 1918
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Children play in the fountain in a summer evening, Davis, California.
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Harari girls in Ethiopia.
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Dancing at Mother of Peace AIDs orphanage, Zimbabwe
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Ralph Hedley, The Tournament, 1898. It depicts poorer boys playing outdoors in a rural part of the Northeast of England
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Children in front of a movie theatre, Toronto, 1920s.
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See also
In Spanish: Infancia para niños
