childhood
sociological term describing human age from birth to adolescence
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Summary
childhood is a phase of human life[1]. childhood draws 3,162 Wikipedia views per month (phase of human life category, ranking #11 of 16).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: age of a person[3], artistic theme[4], cultural creation[5]
- Followed by: adolescence[6], preadolescence[7]
- Subclass of: occurrence[8]
- Commons category: Childhood[9]
- Opposite of: parenthood[10]
- Has part(s): early childhood[11]
- Has cause: childbirth[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Childhood[13]
- Described by source: Pax Leksikon[14]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C89345[15]
- Different from: Childhood[16]
- History of topic: history of childhood[17]
- Artsy gene: childhood[18]
- Studied by: sociology of childhood[19], developmental psychology[20]
- Has part(s) of the class: child[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
Why It Matters
childhood has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] childhood is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]