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@InCollection{sep-childhood,
author = {Matthews, Gareth and Mullin, Amy},
title = {{The Philosophy of Childhood}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2025/entries/childhood/}},
year = {2025},
edition = {{S}ummer 2025},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}