Offers an assessment of how childrens rights take shape and are realized at various stages of child development and in turn can and should inform law and policyChildrens rights and child development frameworks are critical to understanding childrens lived experiences advancing child wellbeing and implementing childrens rights. However research in the two fields has proceeded largely on separate tracks. Childrens Rights and Child Development seeks to forge opportunities to deepen understanding about childrens rights in light of the scientific research on child development to inform fresh perspectives on research law and policy affecting children.Drawing on existing literature studies and research Childrens Rights and Child Development provides an indepth examination of the fundamental stages in childhood developmentearly childhood middle childhood and adolescence.