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Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky

Bruno Bettelheim

Melanie Klein

Anna Freud

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child development

childhood, period of the human lifespan between infancy and adolescence, extending from ages 1–2 to 12–13. See child development.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.