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Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Child (677 words) |
 | Child is also the opposite of parent: adults are the children of their parents despite their maturation beyond infancy; for example "Benjamin, aged 26, is the child of Tobias, aged 63". |
| A female child is called a girl and a male child is a boy (though a small percentage of humans are intersexual, this is a distinction of biological sex, not necessarily social or psychological gender). |
| Child development is the study or examination of processes and mechanisms that operate during the physical and mental development of an infant into an adult. |
| CWI Resources (2098 words) |
| CRIN's page on child labour is informative and extensive, containing information on the ILO Convention, the CRC and other conventions and international treaties, policy and briefing papers and the names and contact details of organisations involved with child labour. |
| ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornopraphy and Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes) is a global network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. |
| The Centre for International Child Health (CICH) at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, works to promote the health, nutrition, and welfare of children and their families in less developed countries by research, teaching, consultancy and advocacy. |
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