• According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention "early years of a child’s life are very important for his or her health and development". In this period children learn skills such as walking, talking, sitting, and skipping.
• Healthy development has many parts including mental and physical needs.
• Social, educational, and emotional needs must be met.
• They have a safe home and spend time with family.
• They should receive proper sleep, exercise, and nutrition
• Children also need to have a routine and house rules.
• Most importantly children need to know that they're loved!

According to the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC) there are 5 main areas of development:

1. Cognitive Development: the potential to learn and problem solve.
2. Social and Emotional Development: how they interact with others as well as helping themselves and self-control.
3. Speech and Language Development: whether or not a child uses and comprehends language.
4. Fine Motor Skills: able to use little muscles; starts to use hands.
5. Gross Motor Skills: able to use big muscles; starts to pull itself up to stand.

• The genes that parents pass down to their child has lots of influence in how quickly and well the child develops as well as their physical appearance.
• The next part is the child's environment. It can either enhance or impair the child.
• For example if a child gets read to a lot throughout their childhood they are more likely to have a higher IQ but if a child is malnourished they might not reach their IQ potential.

• The NAEYC reports on 12 main principles to help a child develop. Some of them are:
• "Development and learning result from an interaction of maturation and experience".
• When children interact with their parents, who are mature and experienced adults they get to learn from them and know what is appropriate and what's not.
• "Early experiences have profound effects on development and learning".
• An experience from when a child is a toddler can have an effect on them throughout their entire life so it's important they have lots of good experiences as a child.
• "Children develop best when they have secure relationships".
• "Play is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation and promoting language, cognition, and social competence"
• It is important for a child to socialize and play with other children so they can learn how to communicate and have manners.

• Frankenstein's creation is like a malnourished child because he gets abandoned at a young age and doesn't get to reach his full potential.
• The creature's lack of a secure relationship causes him to be emotionally unstable and unsure of others.
• The creature didn't have anyone to play with or interact with while growing up so he never learned the proper social skills or what is right and wrong.
• The creature also lacks the emotions love and compassion because no one ever showed him love or compassion.

• "Facts About Child Development." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 03 Jan. 2017. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.
• "How A Child Develops - Develop Skills." How A Child Develops - Develop Skills. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2017.
• "12 Principles of Child Development and Learning that Inform Practice | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC." 12 Principles of Child Development and Learning that Inform Practice | National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2017.