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childhood

[chahyld-hood] / ˈtʃaɪld hʊd /


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‘She’s living the dream’: My stepmother said I can buy my childhood home for $850,000.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

After nearly 50 years of exile, he hoped the events of that day meant he could soon go back and see what became of his childhood home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although more research is necessary before these findings can be used in clinical practice, the study provides a new way to investigate how the autistic brain processes faces and how those responses change throughout childhood.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

L.A.’s first horror- and sci-fi-themed convenience store stocks Halloween tricks and treats seen in classic scary movies and some that draw on childhood nostalgia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Then we spend the rest of the lunch period talking about what Dad told me about Gram’s childhood and what I found in her closet.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

Rothwell's role in Coronation Street had been written with him in mind - as the creator Tony Warren had worked with him during their childhoods on BBC Radio's Children's Hour.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

It also has some surprisingly effective dramatic moments, such as when she confesses to being such a careerist that she missed her kids’ childhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Those of us in the first American generations have had to figure out how the invisible world the emigrants built around our childhoods fits in solid America.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston


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