Question 1

what are the milestones for physical development for children 3-7 years?

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See below: The answer is best discussed with your pediatrician or google "developmental milestones" for the age specifically you seek. Developmental tracking entails monitoring the progress of your child in areas of: language & other cognitive skills, social skills, physical challenges/changes, & personality. This age group covers preschool, kindergarten through 2nd grade-too much info for this forum.

Question 2

how can growth and development be measured in children?

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Growth/development: Doctors measure a child's height or length (depending on age), head size, and weight at every well visit and plot it on a standardized chart to tack growth.  Doctors also have a set of standardized normal tasks and activities that children should be able to do around specific ages (example: sitting up at age 6 months). Check out this site for more info: http://www.Cdc.Gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment.

Question 3

how does child labor impact their physical and mental development?

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It's bad: it deprives children with their childhood , their innocence , it can be physically harmful and dangerous .

Question 4

how to cure the children with mild development?

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Confusing question: What is "mild development"? If your question is how you treat recognized developmental delays, the answer is a bit simpler to answer. After a general medical evaluation to assure the stable medical condition of the kid, the resources of physical, occupational and speech therapists are brought in to identify and coax out progress through therapy.

Question 5

what factors are associated with mental development in children?

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Many Things!: Factors we know are associated with mental development in children include nutrition ( breast vs bottle feeding)  macronutrient and micronutrient intake,  genetics certainly play a significant role in cognitive development,  social determinants including demographics are involved.   Parent factors like level of bonding for infants and overall parenting skills also are significant.  Many variables!

Question 6

how does obesity affect a child's physical development?

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In many ways: Obesity is due to lousy diet and that interferes with cellular efficiency so she can never each her physical and mental fullness of function.

Question 7

is there a cure for children with mild development issues?

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It depends: Depending on the cause, there may be a treatment. For most kids w delays there is no treatable cause.  Therapy such as speech or physical can help them catch up and is really important.

Question 8

what determines emotional and social development in children?

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Child and family: The easy answer is genetics, biology (eg, prematurity, illness) and environment (family and community).Parenting that uses consistent, well-defined rules, rewards and consequences appropropriate for the child's age supports emotional well-being. Parental involvement with interactive play, language, listening, reading  and adult-supervised peer interaction supports social development, as well.

Question 9

how can marriage effect someone's physical, intellectual development?

Accepted Answer

Influence: A marriage provides an opportunity for one person to have a great deal of influence on another. In a good marriage this mutual influence is part of what makes the marriage work (see john gottman's work).  Since one's physical and intellectual development is affected by habitual behavior, a couple's relationship over time will show in the physical and intellectual functioning of the two people.

Question 10

how does children having sensory impairments affect their development?

Accepted Answer

It depends: It depends upon the defect.Different learning skills may be affected such as reading and alternative teaching may be needed. It might affect various work skills and jobs.More information is really needed.

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