We call girl to that female person who is going through the stage of human life called childhood and that begins at birth and continues until the entrance to puberty.
Female person going through the human stage of childhood
Therefore, a girl will be only a few years old and as a consequence of this question is that we also use the term frequently to indicate that this or that action will not be able to perform it on its own, because it does not yet have maturity, the years , nor the experience that allows him to do this or that thing.
There are many acts that a girl due to her shortage of years will not be able to carry out, for example, driving a car, traveling alone, among others.
The development of the girl begins precisely the day she is born, reaches the world.
Phases of childhood
It will be called at that beginning lactating, as a consequence that it is fed through breast milk until it reaches the first year.
After the year she will be considered an infant and from five to eleven years old is when the girl will live her childhood to the full.
During the childhood stage it is in which the human being carries out the highest percentage of its development.
Meanwhile, this cover is subdivided into three phases: lactation, early childhood and second childhood.
Relevant physical changes
During childhood substantial changes are generated in the person, especially at the behest of the physical.
The child usually gains two kilos per year, while at the age of ten a child usually weighs between three or four times more than the weight he had at birth.
While the height increases a maximum thirteen centimeters a year, and at least seven.
Regarding his movements, the child progressively achieves an erect position of his body and to be able to walk without falling and overcoming obstacles.
In this cover, around six or seven years, he will learn to definitively control his sphincters, before that it is common for him to leak urine that can be controlled with a diaper.
The acquisition of language as well as the understanding of the world that surrounds it will progressively be achieved through play and contact with their closest beings, such is the case of parents.
It should be noted that over the years and cultures, the definition of a girl has varied or may vary a little, some extend that stage of life even to 18 years, which is when the person reaches the age of majority in a good part of the civil laws of the world.
Synonym of daughter
On the other hand, we usually use the word as synonym of daughter. “My sister is having a baby girl. My girl is very naughty.”
Declaration of the rights of the child 1959: protects their essential rights
The Children's rights were declared a November 20, 1959, that is why this date is remembered annually as the Universal Children's Day, then, the United Nations Assembly He suggested to the different states that they choose a day to honor children and that is why there are differences in countries regarding the celebration of this date, in which it is customary to treat children with surprises and gifts.
Some of these rights are to health, life, play, recreation, freedom of expression, name, nationality, identity, freedom of religion, to have a family, to have time off, to be protected from war, and have protection against child labor or exploitation, or against any type of abuse that a child may be subjected to.
Unfortunately, in underdeveloped countries, many rights of the child turn out to be violated, especially those that have to do with the labor and sexual exploitation of children.
Many, many children are used as clothes of change, and they are subjected to sexual and labor.
This state of affairs directly curtails the child's ability to live and grow as such, in an adequate framework, and which guarantees not only their physical integrity but also their education.
Children exploited in the indicated senses cannot access an education and this absolutely takes away the possibility of being able to aspire to a better future.
UNICEF is the international organization, dependent on the United Nations (UN), which is responsible for ensuring that children's rights are fulfilled throughout the world.
