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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Toddler, child or youngster?
I really can't solve this mystery which has confused quite a few of my friends and me. We had an exam and got a sentence: He was easy to manage while he was crawling, but now that he's a __________ it's becoming impossible. It was a muntilpe-choice and we got a) child, b) youngster, c) toddler. There was a d) which I can't remember. So is it a toddler, or not? I put in toddler, but was very confused. It says that a toddler is a child aged between one year and three years. So they don't crawl during that time, do they?
What, I think, had me confused is the Sims (haha), which has toddlers, who DO crawl and are in the PROCESS of learning how to walk.
Could you please explain the differences among youngster, toddler and child?
What, I think, had me confused is the Sims (haha), which has toddlers, who DO crawl and are in the PROCESS of learning how to walk.
Could you please explain the differences among youngster, toddler and child?
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Child is the broadest term. A baby is a child, whether it crawls or creeps or just lies there. So is a toddler.
- Child is the broadest term.
- A baby is a child, whether it crawls or creeps or just lies there.
- So is a toddler.
- A toddler describes a child at a specific age/stage of development.
- Toddlers walk - perhaps not gracefully, but they walk.
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Child is the broadest term. A baby is a child, whether it crawls or creeps or just lies there. So is a toddler.
A toddler describes a child at a specific age/stage of development. Toddlers walk - perhaps not gracefully, but they walk. Sometimes they look more like Frankenstein's monster or Godzilla, but they are not down on all fours. It was the right answer to the question,
A toddler describes a child at a specific age/stage of development. Toddlers walk - perhaps not gracefully, but they walk. Sometimes they look more like Frankenstein's monster or Godzilla, but they are not down on all fours. It was the right answer to the question,
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"To toddle" is to walk with very small steps, and that's exactly what happens after the crawling stage.
I would add to GG's description of 'youngster': many older people (60's on up) will refer to those in their 20's or so as 'youngsters', just to emphasize the difference in their age, even though the youngsters are adults.
I would add to GG's description of 'youngster': many older people (60's on up) will refer to those in their 20's or so as 'youngsters', just to emphasize the difference in their age, even though the youngsters are adults.
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Your clue was in the sentence:
He was easy to manage while he was crawling, but now that he's a __________ it's becoming impossible . . .
He was crawling and the next stage is a toddler.
He was easy to manage while he was crawling, but now that he's a __________ it's becoming impossible . . .
He was crawling and the next stage is a toddler.
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