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4. About how long ago did most people in Western civilization begin to regard childhood as a separate, important stage of life?

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the modern notion of childhood with its own autonomy and goes began to emerge during the 18th century Enlightenment and the Romantic Period that followed it jean jacques rousseau formulated on the Romantic attitude towards children and famous 1762 Novel and Emile or on education
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