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Childhood

Childhood usually defined as the period of human development between birth (or sometimes infancy) and puberty, at around 12 years of age, i.e. a biological definition. Marking this period offfrom every other, treating people differently during it and expecting different behaviour from them, gives it a particular psychological importance. In this sense childhood is not a universal phenomenon. It varies culturally and historically and in some societies does not even appear to exist.

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