childhood

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Kate set up The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood in 2021, working to highlight the importance of a child's early years.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnoses nearly doubled between 1997 and 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

“Influencerdom is the new American dream,” journalist Fortesa Latifi proclaimed earlier this month at the launch of her book “Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online.”

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Childhood friends and international students Marwan Hamouche and Arthur Perroud are training together at their local Fitness First branch in London, between their business lectures.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Childhood had been nice; he had loved all life, especially the animals, had in fact been able for a time to bring dead animals back as they had been.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick