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正确答案：C
解析：文章表明，事实上，直到现在，人们都认为童年是一个短暂的、对成人期和实际生活不重要的前奏。大体上，他们或者忽视、责打孩子，或者粗心地照顾他们。第二段第二、三句，In fact，untilvery recently people considered childhood just a brief，unimportant prelude to adulthood and the realbusiness of living．By and large they either ignored children，beat them，or fondled them carelessly，much as we would amuse ourselves with a litter of puppies．