Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 2108 of 2368
Which motor skill do most children have by 12 months of age?
- Walking alone across the room without any support
- Running and kicking a ball forward without falling
- Hopping on one foot without holding on to anything
- Pulling up to stand and cruising along furniture
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Correct answer: Pulling up to stand and cruising along furniture
By 12 months most children pull to stand and cruise along furniture. The other skills come much later.
Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Nursing Care for Infancy Through Adolescence: Developmental Monitoring. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Practice the topic "Health Promotion and Maintenance"Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026