<i>Child development</i>
All children are born as human beings but all cannot be good citizens. Which child would be a good citizen? One who would be physically fit to work, always hard working and responsive in all respect? One who would bear a good personality, morality and honest mind? One who would be good decision maker, creative thinker, intelligent and good learner? One who would speak well, mix easily with everybody, well behaved and committed to the society, family and friends? It is not always possible that every child would have all these good characteristics unless she or he is well nurtured from very early in life. How much opportunity and care a child gets determine what he or she would become eventually. The child grows through various stages which include intra-uterine (embryo and foetus), infancy (up to 12 months), toddler (1 to 3 years), childhood (3 to 9 years), adolescence (10 to 19 years). So it is clear that change comes through different stages. Here two terms are very important to understand, that is -- growth and development. Growth includes physical change and increase in size (height, width, length). Development includes acquisition and maturation of skills, behaviour and values. There is no substitute of a good citizen to make the country well developed. And a good citizen is created through early care and intervention.
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