Assertion (A): Childhood is experience differently by children across cultures.
Reason (R) : Children’s development is universal.
Choose the correct option :

Correct option is B

(A) Childhood is experienced differently by children across cultures is indeed true. The experiences, traditions, customs, and societal norms that shape childhood can vary significantly from one culture to another, affecting everything from play to education to family dynamics.
However, (R) Children’s development is universal is misleading if taken to mean that development occurs in exactly the same way regardless of cultural context. While there are universal milestones in development, such as walking and talking, the ways these milestones are reached and the cultural meaning assigned to them can vary greatly. Cultural factors influence the pacing, encouragement, and recognition of developmental milestones. Thus, saying that children's development is strictly universal overlooks the nuances and variations influenced by cultural context.
Given this clarification, the correct answer is (b) (A) is true but (R) is false. This reflects that while certain developmental patterns may be biologically universal, the broader concept of development (including cognitive, social, and emotional growth) is heavily shaped by cultural conditions and thus is not universally identical.