children

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“If parents aren’t going to hold their children accountable, then I am going to hold parents accountable for hurting and killing innocent people while riding illegal motor vehicles,” Spitzer said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"This is not something I want to forget, because it's a story that I'm going to definitely want to tell my children one day," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Marriages are themselves a kind of shared enterprise, but they thrive on collaborative projects such as children, a house, a dog or two, or a mutual passion for medieval music.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

But there’s a more basic legal issue here: Like every other state, Florida law has long recognized the rights of non-biological parents over their children, and established these rights via contract.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Some faded Daguerrotypes of children who by now must have children and grandchildren of their own.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom