Biological Influences In Children

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Babies and toddlers grow and develop at their own pace. One child might start to walk were as another child that is the same ago is perfectly content with just crawling at the moment. In most cases not achieving milestones at the exact same time is not a reason for concern, as long as the child is hitting those important milestones within the allowed amount of time. For example if the child is 11 months old and has yet to start walking without the assistance of something it is perfectly normal as long as by 15 months they are attempting to walk without help. (Dept. of Health State of Florida, 2004) Biological influences such as Skeletal Dysplasia are caused because of a genetic mutation. This type of mutation can happy naturally,