Childhood

CHILDHOOD, noun

1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty. But in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to puberty. Thus we say, infancy, childhood youth and manhood.

CHILDHOOD and youth are vanity. [[Ecclesiastes 11#10|Ecclesiastes 11:10]].

2. The properties of a child.