Children develop in many different ways at the same time. Different aspects of children's development are never at rest or waiting for other parts to catch up. Instead, development goes around in a circle. While physical growth and maturity are the most obvious signs that development is occurring, children also develop cognitively (mentally), socially, emotionally, physically and sexually. During childhood our body and mind changes very fast. I believe that nowadays parents focus more on the brain development of their children than their physical activity. When I was a little girl - over 20 years ago - we spent most of our time outside playing, running and enjoying fresh air and being in movement. Physical activity of children can secure them health and well being in their adulthood as well as teach them a lot of very important aspects like social relations and behaviors in different situations. Now I see that a lot of children spend their time at home or at after school activities that don’t involve a lot of movement.Child development is the study the cognitive, emotional, physical, social and educational growth that children go through from birth through adolescence.
Young children are not only growing physically during early childhood, but they are also growing mentally. Children of this age continue to advance their skills in observing and interacting with the world around them. They also make tremendous leaps in how they process, store, and use information. Sigmund Freud emphasized the importance of events and experiences that happened during childhood, but he mainly focused on the mental disorders that they caused. Freud describes child development as a series of “psychosexual stages”. Erik Erikson also has a theory of development, but his child developing is focused on overcoming a conflict, structural-organismic theory. Piaget's theory describes