1. Gender Concepts in Early Childhood
When the child acquires language and they begin developing cognitively, they can verbally express themselves as being a girl or boy. This is the early expression of gender identity. Gender stability is the second stage, often understood by age four, "Which is the understanding that you stay the same gender throughout life" (Boyd, Bee, Johnson, 2009. ... Often children will relate and compare their gender to parents or siblings. ... During the preschool years with the emerging sense of self, and the acceptance of their gender, children still have the task of identifying their roles an...
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