childhood
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Then, abruptly, he was returned to his childhood bedroom, a healthy 17-year-old again.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yet it doesn’t seem a coincidence to me that one newer show that caters to Generation Z, “Adults,” has a group of friends living rent-free in one of the character’s childhood home.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Which of your childhood nemeses do you wish could see you now?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But the focus of this book is much more about the Diana era - and an elegy to the lost world of their childhood.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I had known from childhood that the earth opened and the heavens rained fire upon liars, but I met his gaze.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
The film is, he said, is "another parable of parental crisis dressed up as a brightly coloured family adventure" - and a "cautionary tale about online childhoods".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
To think the guy whose downfall basically took our respective childhoods with it was begging for change fifteen minutes from my house six years later?
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
