PSYB20H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8
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In early childhood, children"s body proportions change and they get taller and slimmer. They need less sleep and are more likely to develop sleep problems. They improve in running, hopping, skipping, jumping, and throwing balls. Also begin to show a preference for using either the right or left hand. They also, as a group, encounter a range of health and safety risks from obesity to allergies to those with environmental bases. Children grow rapidly between ages 3 and 6 but less quickly than during infancy and toddlerhood. At about age 3, children begin to take on the slender, athletic appearance of childhood. The trunk, arms, and legs grow longer. The head is still relatively large, but the other parts of the body continue to catch up as proportions. Both boys and girls typically grow 5 to 8 cm (2 to 3 inches) a year during early childhood and gain about 2 to 3 kg.
