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Caring for kids at every stage in their development is the most important commitment new parents face.

First, you worry : Are they getting enough to eat? Sitting up, talking or walking too late? Learning as they play?

Of course, all children are special and different. They develop at their own pace, especially during baby's first year, but reaching important milestones can help measure their progress every step of the way - as they grow, begin to walk, get teeth, talk, learn, and interact with others.

Next comes schooling with worries about late bloomers, learning disabilities, challenging the gifted, and nurturing curiosity & creativity in each child.

Along with the physical and intellectual growth, children need to learn emotional and social coping skills. Discipline imposed by parents needs to become self-discipline before entering into their early teen years - with all the challenges that may bring...

Get help online with expert child development guides, along with a virtual library of related feature articles, below, plus specific tips & advice provided by topic area here:

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Medem Medical Library - Children's Health / Growth and Development - Extensive collection of informative articles you may want to return to again and again - with guides to overall physical, emotional and intellectual development from infancy to teens. Especially see specific tips on the early years including recognized milestones, physical challenges (bow legs, pigeon toes), improving middle childhood learning skills, social development, and lots more.

Kids Health - Growth & Development - Another huge collection of engaging, helpful articles ranging from a "teen years survival guide" to advice and tips on meal preparation, food allergies, physical development & coordination, learning, play, sleeping & bedtime, health information.

Zero to Three - Covering the first three years of intellectual, emotional and social development featuring a virtual parents' A-Z encyclopedia, weekly tips, FAQ, printable fact sheets, links & resources.

Child Development - One-stop browsing for parenting tips by age group for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, middle childhood and early teens, plus facts about developmental screening tests, related resources for ADHD and the learning disabled.

The Whole Child - Great overview from PBS covering milestones and important developments in early childhood & toddler communications skills, plus more on intellectual, and physical & emotional development with related FAQ, links, suggested reading.

AboutOurKids.org - Growth & Development - Pose your question to experts or get published advice on a range of topics including behavior, learning right from wrong, coping with feelings, language development and more, with a FAQ, links and resources for related developmental disorders.

Child Development Institute - Parenting Info - Comprehensive guide to child development & behavior with advice on improving learning abilities, child safety tips and related how to's for raising infants, toddlers and teens.

Child Health Parenting Resources - From KidsGrowth.com with focus on health topics and physical development featuring "Parenting 101" tips for new parents, infant and toddler care, common childhood illnesses, general health fact sheets, adult height calculator.

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