childhood

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Uptake of childhood vaccinations that had nothing to do with Covid has fallen since the pandemic - a lasting legacy.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Coming of age during the social media boom, Esquivias said she always felt like she wasted her childhood on screens when she should have been playing outside or exploring hobbies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“Few of them, meanwhile, had the sort of experience and grounding in international affairs that he had enjoyed from childhood right through until the point he accepted Eisenhower’s offer to serve as secretary of state.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Schwimmer's interest in Deinosuchus began during his childhood in New York City, where he lived just 10 blocks from the American Museum of Natural History.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 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