Pandemic Babies are Behind

KANSAS CITY, MO – Wearing a tutu and a messy ponytail, CJ RainingBird, age 4, sprawls out on her carpeted living room floor, scribbling on a notebook. She looks up eagerly after completing each pen stroke, her eyes widening and her mouth stretching into a grin when she notices her masterpiece is being admired.

CJ’s drawing indicates a child who’s on track if not ahead in her development. It’s of a horse-like figure with big, round eyes, a scruffy mane and a tail coming out of its belly. Children typically begin to draw body parts at age 4, according to some developmental research, often starting with simple head-torso renderings and graduating into details such as facial features.

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