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Relating to education and scholarship
Academic
The process of forming a close relationship, especially between a parent and child
Bonding
Relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning
Cognitive
The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience
Discipline
Relating to a person's emotions
Emotional
Encouraging the development of something, especially something desirable (can also refer to foster parenting)
Fostering
The process of increasing in physical size or intellectual maturity
Growth
The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another
Heredity
The period of a child's life from birth to around one year of age
Infancy
Relating to young people; often used in the context of juvenile delinquency
Juvenile
Blood relationship; often broader to include family connections
Kinship
Involving the study of a group of people over a long period (common research method)
Longitudinal
An important stage or event in the development of something
Milestone
Caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something
Nurturing
Relating to the Oedipus comple (a psychoanalytic concept)
Oedipal
A person of the same age, status, or ability as another
Peer
