Persistent fear and anxiety can have negative effects on brain growth and development, especially on learning and memory.  

Toddler language and concept development are 

For Freud, the toddler is in the stage he calls

The mental capacity of retaining and reviving impressions is called perception.

The mental capacity of retaining and reviving impressions is called perception.

During at least the first six months, breastfeeding is preferential to bottle feeding if possible.  

The first kinds of recorded child research were baby biographies, which were descriptions of children’s development written by child historians.  

A child’s legs begin to grow longer relative to the rest of his body; his proportions become more adult-like.  These factors illustrate the principles of sequential and integrated growth.

Adults can facilitate creativity by using open-ended questions.

At around ten months the infant tries to imitate speech.