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A child is a young person who is not yet an adult.

Child may also refer to:

In computer science

• The child node of a tree
• The child process created by another process

In medicine and healthcare

• CHILD syndrome (congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects), a genetic syndrome
• Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty (CHILD), an American lobby group that opposes religious exemption laws

Music

• Child (band), a popular British pop act of the late 1970s
• Lupe Fiasco, "The Child" of the hip hop supergroup Child Rebel Soldier
• "Child" (Mark Owen song)
• "Child" (Mark song)
• "Child", by Arca from Arca
• "Child", by Freddie Aguilar, an English version of "Anak"
• "Child", by Nidji from Breakthru'

Other uses

• Child (surname)
• Child archetype, a Jungian psychology archetype
• Child baronets, four titles, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• Child (magazine), an American parenting magazine published from 1986 to 2007
• Child & Co., a formerly independent private bank now owned by The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Child (hieroglyph), an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph
• Childs Hill, Greater London, named after Richard le Child

See also

• Chiiild, Canadian band
• The Child (disambiguation)
• Child Ballads, a collection of traditional folk tunes
• Children (disambiguation)
• Childs (disambiguation)
• Kids (disambiguation)
• Childe, a nobleman's son who had not yet attained knighthood
• L'Enfant (disambiguation) (French for "the child")