REACT: children.map is not a function

I come across this error today in my Next.js app.
When I found the solution I realized that I had already stumbled upon it not so long ago ... but I had forgotten.
That's the reason why I'm writing this little post :-)

This piece of code

...
export default function ImagesContainer({ children }) {
  let childImages = children.map((childImg) => {
    return <div className={styles["image-item"]}>{childImg}</div>;
  });

  return <div className={styles["images-container"]}>{childImages}</div>;
}

had already proven to work but, suddenly, it raised

The reason was the component had only ONE child and therefore the "children prop" value is not treated as an array ("children prop" is a shapeshifter in React), so I can't invoke "map()" on it.

I had forgotten that, to work with components' children, it's better to use React.Children
Among the functions provided by this utility (built-in in React) there is indeed the map() function for the job ( React.Children doc)

React.Children.map(children, function[(thisArg)])

So my code become like this and it works.

import React from "react";
....

export default function ImagesContainer({ children }) {
  let childImages = React.Children.map(children, (childImg) => {
    return <div className={styles["image-item"]}>{childImg}</div>;
  });

  return <div className={styles["images-container"]}>{childImages}</div>;
}

Did I write anything wrong ? Or you have better ideas?
Please share it in the comments :-)

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