Parental influence

…Childcare is the process of raising a newborn child until he or she is old enough to participate in social life both physically and mentally. In the narrow sense, childcare is often spoken of as referring to infants from birth to school age, but in recent years, because the physical and mental health of the mother during pregnancy has a large impact on the fetus, maintaining the health of the mother during pregnancy and a healthy mental life have also come to be considered part of childcare. Furthermore, from a eugenic standpoint, the health of the parents before pregnancy has also come to be taken into consideration. Also, as the age at which people become independent in society becomes later, there is a growing demand to extend the age of children who need to be considered in terms of childcare to junior high and high school age. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "parental influence" is listed below.

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…生まれてきた子どもを，心身ともに社会生活が可能な年齢になるまでの間，養育する過程を育児という。狭義の育児は，出生後学齢までの乳幼児について語られることが多いが，最近では，妊娠中の母性の心身の健康状態が胎児に及ぼす影響が大きいことから，妊娠中の母体の健康維持や，健全な精神生活も育児の一部分と考えられるようになり，さらに，優生学的な見地から，妊娠前の両親の健康も考慮条件に含まれるようになった。また，社会的に一人立ちする年齢が遅くなるにつれて，育児という視点でとらえる必要のある小児の年齢を，中学，高校年齢まで引き上げて考えることも要求されるようになってきた。…

※「親の影響」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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