A class of plasticizing chemicals used to make products more pliable or to make fragrances stick to skin. Phthalates disrupt the endocrine system and may cause birth defects. They have been linked to damage of the kidneys, lungs, and liver, as well.
Psychologists have debated the age of adultsâ earliest memories. To date, estimates have ranged from 2 to 6â8 years of age. Some research show that the offset of childhood amnesia (earliest age of recall) is 2 years of age for hospitalization and sibling birth and 3 years of age for a death or change in houses.
AriÃ¨s points out that childhood lengthened faster for boys than for girls; similarly adult life changed more decisively for men than for women. For girls. childhood hardly lengthened between the thirteenth and the seventeenth centu-. ries, when they might still be married and in control of households at 14.