childhood

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She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"The last Messi is always the best Messi," Pablo Aimar - his childhood idol - once said.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

K.B. is upfront about his father’s emotional distance and absenteeism during his childhood.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Some children’s singing games have their roots in circle dances, while others reflect social traditions of courtship and marriage, friendship, overcoming childhood fears, or just expressing the fun and merriment of childhood.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin