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  • The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness
    Resilience
  • Relating to the Oedipus comple (a psychoanalytic concept)
    Oedipal
  • The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience
    Discipline
  • Relating to education and scholarship
    Academic
  • The period of a child's life from birth to around one year of age
    Infancy
  • The point in a person's life when they are strongest and most successful
    Zenith
  • Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
    Vigilant
  • Caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something
    Nurturing
  • A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior
    Temperament
  • The process of forming a close relationship, especially between a parent and child
    Bonding
  • Involving the study of a group of people over a long period (common research method)
    Longitudinal
  • Relating to young people; often used in the context of juvenile delinquency
    Juvenile
  • Without prejudice or favoritism; important for objective parenting and observation
    Unbias
  • The process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society
    Socialization
  • The process of increasing in physical size or intellectual maturity
    Growth
  • An important stage or event in the development of something
    Milestone
  • The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another
    Heredity
  • Blood relationship; often broader to include family connections
    Kinship
  • A state of stillness, calmness, and peace
    Quietude
  • The period of life between childhood and adult age
    Youth
  • A person of the same age, status, or ability as another
    Peer
  • Relating to a person's emotions
    Emotional
  • Encouraging the development of something, especially something desirable (can also refer to foster parenting)
    Fostering
  • Relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning
    Cognitive
  • The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy
    Well-being
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