childhood

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“Amrum” is a stirring example of how childhood reminiscence can stand for so much more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"Our study looked at cognitive enrichment from childhood to later life, focusing on activities and resources that stimulate the mind," said study author Andrea Zammit, PhD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Cooper was sixty years old, but his thoughts went back to someone from his childhood.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock