childhood

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Somewhere along the way, “E.T.” became less a movie to me than part of the background texture of childhood itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Walter Heckem, 63, moved into the residence a few years ago and says the free dinners, especially pasta and beef dishes, remind him of the smells that wafted through his childhood home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

RFK Jr.’s attacks on vaccines go beyond changing the childhood immunization schedule.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

He was no childhood prodigy, no sure thing.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The sight of a stern judge demanding a book from him had been the stuff of his nightmares since childhood.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood