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Child Development

Child development identifies and explains persistent, cumulative, and progressive changes in the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children and adolescents.  The development is guided by three factors:

• Nature- the genetic inheritance affecting the child's growth
• Nurture- the influence of the environment in which the child lives
• The child's own activity- the child's choices, mental processes, emotional responses, and behavior