childhood
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The claw machine—that infamous promiser of childhood treasures, known for stealing your quarters and almost never yielding up its flimsy prizes—has gotten an upgrade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
This does not mean organoids have memories like we tend to think of them -- such as recalling something from childhood -- but simply that their past is "engraved" on a cellular level, Arlotta emphasised.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
As Panettiere told Jay Shetty on a May episode of his podcast “On Purpose,” those early achievements came at the cost of enjoying a normal childhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yale researcher Martha Gimble explains The Budget Lab’s research into early childhood education and care policies.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The family followed these directions to the letter; they couldn’t risk missing Leila or Frankie, whose childhood pranks “would fill a book.”
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
Since her cancer treatment, the princess has often spoken of the value of human contact and connection to help create happy, stable childhoods.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
More immediately, many parents fret about whether they have made a wise decision in trading their children’s childhoods for cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Yet his siblings, with the same parents and same unsettled childhoods, followed a more conventional path in adulthood.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
