pedo-, paedo-, ped-, paed-, paido-, paid- +

(Greek: child, boy; infant)

The British tend to use paed- while those in the United States tend to use ped-. Remember that the Greek ped- means "child" while the Latin ped- means "foot". Don't confuse this Greek element with another Greek pedo- which means "ground, soil, earth".

pedophobia, pedophobic
An abnormal fear of children.
pedotrophic
Relating to the rearing of children.
pedotrophist
One skilled in the rearing of children.
pedotrophy
1. The rearing of children.
2. Literally, nurturance of a child; hence, child rearing or “parentcraft”.
perissoped
A gifted child.
propedeutic
1. Pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction; supplying the knowledge or discipline introductory or preliminary to some art or science; preliminarily educational.
2. A subject or study which forms an introduction to an art or science, or to more advanced study generally.
3. Propedeutics (plural), the body of principles or rules introductory to any art, science, or subject of special study; preliminary learning.
propedia
An introductory volume of the 15th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (published in 1974) in which information is presented in the form of short outlines.