This subject will give prospective parents a fundamental knowledge of the physical and
biological changes that their children, both unborn and growing, will experience over time.
Undoubtedly, life begins at the moment of conception; therefore, parents’ knowledge of
the different life spans, from the Pre-natal to adult stage, could be a vital factor of their
children’s overall growth and functions in the society. Let us imagine a situation where a
mother is uninformed about the impacts of certain harmful substances, (teratogens), on her
unborn child. She smokes cigarettes, drinks alcohol, and is generally lackadaisical about
the substances that the fetus feeds on.…