NPPF Comm4: Metadiscussion, anybody?

[Mary Krimmel]

This is pretty far from the topic of PF, but I demur, slightly, here.

David Morris wrote

"... Four year olds are usually called toddlers.  I
think the advent of walking and talking is the divider between infant and
toddler."

In my experience, no one who knows a normal four year old ever called him a 
toddler. "Pre-schooler", perhaps. Four year olds are graceful walkers. They 
run, dance, sometimes ski or skate. Toddlers cannot do these things, 
although they often "dance" without moving their feet. Toddling is pretty 
much like waddling, except that with a toddler it's cute.

Yes, the advent of walking at roughly a year divides infant from toddler. 
Although advent of talking is usually about the same time, that skill is 
neither necessary nor sufficient to designate a child a toddler.

And Thank You, David, for your contributions.

Mary Krimmel