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Word: infanthood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Three years: This is the mellow age of infanthood. The child is "good company and likes to please." He walks with a destination in mind, is rather sure of himself, asks questions about social requirements ("Is it right?"), feeds himself without spilling, sleeps through the night without bedwetting. He would take full responsibility for the toilet if not for the "awkward posteriority of buttons and buttocks." He holds a crayon in his fingers, names what he draws, copies a circle, matches three color forms. He can run, ride a tricycle, put on his shoes ("not always on the correct foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: What's the Baby's D. Q.? | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

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