The nurse is collecting data from a 4-year-old client and mother. What are the normal cognitive and motor development expectations that should be observed by a nurse in a 4- year-old child?
A) Children can state their full name and age.
B) Children develop the ability to say "no."
C) Children engage in parallel play.
D) Children can eat and brush without assistance from an adult.
A
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Children can state their full name along with their age by the time they are 4 years old. Most children develop the ability to say "no" by the age of 2 . Similarly, children can eat and brush their teeth without assistance when they are 3 years old. Toddlers, not preschoolers, engage in parallel play.
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