childhood

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From infancy through childhood, the brain is shaped by "network consolidation."

From Science Daily

There aren’t many photos from my parents’ childhood in Vietnam, and this snapshot of my dad was marred by a scratch.

From The Wall Street Journal

During this same period, the national rate of childhood obesity nearly tripled, in many cases triggering what the author calls a “lifelong cycle of shame.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“The cunning they used to survive a hustler’s childhood,” Ms. Collinsworth observes, “had become a streak of ruthlessness in their adulthood.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Their childhood closeness would later become the foundation for a life-changing act of generosity.

From BBC