The term for any act that endangers children's emotional or physical well-being is

Child abuse

Explanation:

Child abuse is any act that puts at risk the emotional and physical well-being of a child

i disagree that there is little difference between adult female development and adult male development. sociological studies comparing female and male pathways to adulthood, revelead that there are sustancial differences between them. particularly, female and male differ from timing of marriage, when they began to live with children and the likelihood of combining wife/husband and parent roles.