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ERIC Number: EJ254175
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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With Life So Long, Why Shorten Childhood?
Bain, Winifred E.
Childhood Education, v58 n2 p81-83 Nov-Dec 1981
Argues that the social pressures for children to mature rapidly should not prevent adults from addressing the needs of children nor from helping them achieve their normal course of development. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks, Individual Development, Social Influences, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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