childhood
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Insurance companies will still be required to fully cover all childhood vaccines on the CDC schedule, including those now designated as optional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Nyathi wanted to be a writer from childhood, but her parents pushed her towards a more traditional profession.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
To honor their mother’s wishes, three siblings return to the island of their childhood summers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Stress experienced during early childhood development is also recognized as a risk factor for psychiatric disorders.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Cooper was sixty years old, but his thoughts went back to someone from his childhood.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Six players – England's Owen Hargreaves, Graeme Le Saux and Tony Dorigo, plus Scotland's Lyndon Dykes, Richard Gough and John Hewie – spent their entire childhoods abroad and are excluded from the analysis.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Every Christmas, the couple also pays for the whole family to visit Marbella, Spain, where the sons spent a chunk of their childhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
If the Olympic Peninsula truly is heart medicine for them, considering what happened in their childhoods.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
