While
I have no objections to using those terms, I've come up with a way to
describe the phases of child development that is, in my opinion, more
entertaining and descriptive.
First
stage: The “Watch out for the baby's head!” stage. (Roughly
birth to 12 months.)
Second
stage: The “Sweetie, watch your head!” stage. (Once the toddler
starts moving around on their own.)
Third
stage: The “Where the frak do you get these ideas ?!” stage.
(Roughly preschool through early elementary school.)
Fourth
stage: The “I don't even want to know where the frak you get these
ideas!” stage. (Mid-elementary school up through high school.)
Now that I'm an adult, the things my sister and I tried to pull as kids are starting to horrify me, haha!