- 1a young human who is not yet an adult a three-year-old child men, women, and children an unborn child not suitable for young children I lived in Miami as a child. a child star see brainchild, latchkey child, poster child, schoolchild
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- 2a son or daughter of any age They have three grown-up children. a support group for adult children of alcoholics They can't have children. see godchild, grandchild, love child, only child, stepchild compare kid
- 3a person who is strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular time or person a child of the 90s
- 4(disapproving) an adult who behaves like a child and is not mature or responsible Idioms
to be very easy to do, so not even a child would find it difficult
to be pregnant
- want (to have) a baby/a child/children/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult birth/labor
- be in/go into/induce labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/a baby/a daughter/a son/twins
- bring up/raise a child/a family
- care for/watch a baby/child/kid
- change a diaper/a baby
- nurse/feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/high-quality, affordable childcare/a nanny
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family (life)
- educate/teach/home-school a child/a kid/children
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/a kid/children
- adopt/foster a baby/a child/a kid/children
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
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