Preferred label
Children
Alternative label
Fathers & children
Broader term
People
Narrower terms
Abandoned children
Abused children
Acolytes
Boys
Capitol pages
Child actors
Child laborers
Children playing adults
Choirboys
Delivery boys
Gifted children
Girls
Infants
Juvenile delinquents
Mentally handicapped children
Mentally ill children
Newspaper carriers
Orphans
Pin boys
Runaway children
School children
Sick children
Street children
Unsupervised children
Related terms
4-H clubs
Adoption
Apprentices
Au pairs
Babysitting
Bottle feeding
Child behavior
Child discipline
Children's museums
Children's theater
Cupids
Day care
Foster home care
Gangs
Governesses
Nurseries
Schools
Teenage pregnancy
Television programs for children
Young adults
Youth
Youth bands
Scope note
Includes ages 0-16. This heading may be further subdivided by the subdivisions used for classes of persons (Appendix A). Search also under the subdivision --CHILDREN used with names of ethnic, racial, and regional groups (Appendix A), and with names of wars (Appendix C). Search also under other headings beginning with CHILDREN.
History note
Deleted precoordinated CHILDREN headings in 2004. Current practice is to use postcoordinated terms. For example, for the former term CHILDREN PLAYING, use the terms CHILDREN and PLAY (RECREATION). Before 1/2005, images may have been indexed under ADULTS & CHILDREN, CHILDREN & ADULTS, FATHERS & CHILDREN, MOTHERS & CHILDREN.
Editorial note
As appropriate, subdivide by the subdivisions used for classes of persons (Appendix A).
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.