public function &getChildren($recursive = false)
	{
		if (!$this->_allChildrenloaded)
		{
			$temp = $this->_constructor->get($this->id, true);

			if ($temp)
			{
				$this->_children = $temp->getChildren();
				$this->_leftSibling = $temp->getSibling(false);
				$this->_rightSibling = $temp->getSibling(true);
				$this->setAllLoaded();
			}
		}

		if ($recursive)
		{
			$items = array();

			foreach ($this->_children as $child)
			{
				$items[] = $child;
				$items = array_merge($items, $child->getChildren(true));
			}

			return $items;
		}

		return $this->_children;
	}