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childhood

[chahyld-hood] / ˈtʃaɪld hʊd /


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The long, digressive rural idyll “NN” follows a sophisticated city dweller’s return to the village of his childhood country house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Ballmer Group is one of several foundations that funds Los Angeles Times early childhood education reporting initiatives.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

It's a highly anticipated journey that demands exacting precision -- but there's still room for the astronauts to live out their childhood dreams of spaceflight.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I learned my family was undocumented at my birth and on through my early childhood.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Musical movement responses in early childhood music education practice in the Netherlands.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin