Tag: life span development
- School Age Children & Adolescents ()
At this point the school age child (age 6 – 12) and the adolescent (13 to 18) brain is working on both hemispheres. This age group can be extremely creative and extremely logical (both at the same time). School age children are constantly dealing with losing their baby teeth and dealing with the pain that […]
- Early Adulthood ()
Peak physical conditioning is attained by age 19 to 26 years old. During this time, the young adult is developing lifelong habits and routines. All body systems are working at optimal performance. If there is a chink in the armor it is the higher likelihood of death by accident than any other age group probably […]
- School Age Children & Adolescents ()
At this point the school age child (age 6 – 12) and the adolescent (13 to 18) brain is working on both hemispheres. This age group can be extremely creative and extremely logical (both at the same time). School age children are constantly dealing with losing their baby teeth and dealing with the pain that […]
- Getting Old Sucks ()
All is not lost on the middle aged person (age 41 – 60). Middle aged people tend to be more conservative in their approaches to life, often approaching life’s problems as challenges as opposed to threats. Middle aged people sometimes struggle with the passage of their own children into adulthood. This lack of familial interaction […]
- What The Infant Is Trying To Tell Us When They Cry ()
Situational Crisis – Personal Separation Reactions Researchers observed that when a child was separated from their primary caregiver (typically their mother) all children seemed to progress through three stages: The protest stage: The initial response of virtually all children to being separated from their caregiver is protest. Protest, for young children and infants, can show […]
- To Understand the Infant, You Have to Understand the Fetus ()
Fetus Under Tremendous Pressure In order to deliver a complete baby out of a vagina, the newborn must be highly compressible. In order to be delivered, the fetus has to be squeezed to 1/2 to 1/3 it’s normal diameter. The ability to be crushed is a fascinating trait that follows the newborn all the way […]
- Newborns, Infants, and Toddlers ()
Newborns actually drop about 5 to 10 percent of their initial body weight in the first week of life. Within a few minutes of birth, the neonatal pulse is usually 30 – 40 beats per minute slower; likewise, the neonatal respiratory rate normally drops to under 40 breaths a minute. The decrease in breaths per […]
- How Vital Signs Vary With Age ()
As one can see from the chart below, normal vital signs vary with age. As the newborn (birth to 30 days) ages, respirations and pulse progressively get slower while systolic blood pressure becomes higher. Physiologically, these changes are associated with body surface area to weight. This ratio is seen in nature where smaller animals tend […]