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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def remove_child(self, index):
 """ Remove the child at the given index from the current list of children. :param int index: the index of the child to be removed """

        if index < 0:
            index = index + len(self)
        self.__children = self.__children[0:index] + self.__children[(index + 1):]