( thus ( childhood ( ( ( was not ) ( ( a ( separate stage ) ) ( of life ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB thus)) (NP (NN childhood)) (VP (VBD was) (RB not) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ separate) (NN stage)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN life))))) (. .)))
thus childhood was not a separate stage of life.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Childhood)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (ADJP (RB typically) (JJR easier)) (PP (IN for) (S (VP (VBG learning) (NP (JJ multiple) (NNS languages))))))) (. .)))