Childhood
noun
The period of your life when you are a child.
My childhood was filled with fun and laughter.
Often appears as...
- early childhood
- childhood memories
noun
The period of your life when you are a child.
My childhood was filled with fun and laughter.
Often appears as...
- early childhood
- childhood memories
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Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Childhood refers to the early stage of life, typically before teenage years.
He moved to Canada in his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Nostalgic Use
People often use 'childhood' when reminiscing about positive, formative experiences.
Childhood summers at my grandma's house are precious to me.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Joyful
Be aware that 'childhood' can evoke a range of emotions, not always happy.
Her childhood was a tough period, full of challenges.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Childhood refers to the early stage of life, typically before teenage years.
He moved to Canada in his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Nostalgic Use
People often use 'childhood' when reminiscing about positive, formative experiences.
Childhood summers at my grandma's house are precious to me.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Joyful
Be aware that 'childhood' can evoke a range of emotions, not always happy.
Her childhood was a tough period, full of challenges.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Childhood refers to the early stage of life, typically before teenage years.
He moved to Canada in his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Nostalgic Use
People often use 'childhood' when reminiscing about positive, formative experiences.
Childhood summers at my grandma's house are precious to me.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Joyful
Be aware that 'childhood' can evoke a range of emotions, not always happy.
Her childhood was a tough period, full of challenges.
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Why do people have...
Allergies usually, but not always, show up for the first time during childhood. But why do some people get allergies and others don't? Allergies tend to run in families, so genetics may be one culprit. In fact, errors in a gene that helps regulate the immune system are associated with higher rates of allergies.
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How does asthma work? -...
and have helped many people live better lives. Although we've come a long way in improving how we treat and diagnose asthma, we still don't know its exact causes. We currently believe that a combination of genetic and environmental factors play a role, potentially acting during early childhood.
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Why do we feel...
but as a mental condition similar to depression. Psychologists of the time speculated that it represented difficulties letting go of childhood, or even a longing to return to one's fetal state. But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways.
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How to deal with...
about what happened in my childhood I was sitting with my mother in a Japanese restaurant and I said the words child abuse for the first time out loud I said it playfully so she didn't feel like it was an attack on her and immediately her response was
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Alexandra Fuller: Born...
innocent some more the first casualty of war wasn't truth its innocence then truth there are no children and war you are robbed of your childhood yeah it's a really powerful message it's an amazingly powerful book it's a it's a wonderful book
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How to raise a Black son...
Like, why did I really have to mow the lawn? Why was homework really that important? Why couldn't I put jelly beans in my oatmeal? My childhood was abound with questions like this. Normal things about being a kid and realizing that sometimes,
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How do glasses help us...
the layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that works with the brain to give rise to vision. But many people develop refractive errors, either during childhood as their eyes are growing, or in later life as their eyes age.
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How does your body...
highly fluctuates during infancy and childhood. And that's just one of many complicating factors. Genetics, age, diet, disease, and even pregnancy influence the body's efficiency of processing medicine.
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
a test to see if you are a human. Please raise your hand if something applies to you. Are we agreed? Yes? Then let's begin. Have you ever eaten a booger long past your childhood?
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Life-changing encounter...
my life. It was my childhood dream to communicate with birds in some way, I would try every type of whistle and to finally feel like
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Why do people have...
Allergies usually, but not always, show up for the first time during childhood. But why do some people get allergies and others don't? Allergies tend to run in families, so genetics may be one culprit. In fact, errors in a gene that helps regulate the immune system are associated with higher rates of allergies.
Video examples
How does asthma work? -...
and have helped many people live better lives. Although we've come a long way in improving how we treat and diagnose asthma, we still don't know its exact causes. We currently believe that a combination of genetic and environmental factors play a role, potentially acting during early childhood.
Video examples
Why do we feel...
but as a mental condition similar to depression. Psychologists of the time speculated that it represented difficulties letting go of childhood, or even a longing to return to one's fetal state. But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways.
Video examples
How to deal with...
about what happened in my childhood I was sitting with my mother in a Japanese restaurant and I said the words child abuse for the first time out loud I said it playfully so she didn't feel like it was an attack on her and immediately her response was
Video examples
Alexandra Fuller: Born...
innocent some more the first casualty of war wasn't truth its innocence then truth there are no children and war you are robbed of your childhood yeah it's a really powerful message it's an amazingly powerful book it's a it's a wonderful book
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
Like, why did I really have to mow the lawn? Why was homework really that important? Why couldn't I put jelly beans in my oatmeal? My childhood was abound with questions like this. Normal things about being a kid and realizing that sometimes,
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How do glasses help us...
the layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that works with the brain to give rise to vision. But many people develop refractive errors, either during childhood as their eyes are growing, or in later life as their eyes age.
Video examples
How does your body...
highly fluctuates during infancy and childhood. And that's just one of many complicating factors. Genetics, age, diet, disease, and even pregnancy influence the body's efficiency of processing medicine.
Video examples
Ze Frank: Are you human?
a test to see if you are a human. Please raise your hand if something applies to you. Are we agreed? Yes? Then let's begin. Have you ever eaten a booger long past your childhood?
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Life-changing encounter...
my life. It was my childhood dream to communicate with birds in some way, I would try every type of whistle and to finally feel like
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Roger Federer
Swiss Athlete
I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.
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Agatha Christie
English Writer
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
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Jack Prelutsky
American Poet
I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.
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Ralph Macchio
American Actor
Persona-wise, I represent a lot of people's childhoods.
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Sridevi
Indian Actress
I have been passionate about cinema from my childhood.
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Robertson Davies
Canadian Novelist
A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
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Rene Russo
American Actress
My mom said my whole childhood... was stop and go.
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Ingmar Bergman
Swedish Director
I am forever living in my childhood.
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Roger Federer
Swiss Athlete
I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.
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Agatha Christie
English Writer
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
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Jack Prelutsky
American Poet
I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.
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Ralph Macchio
American Actor
Persona-wise, I represent a lot of people's childhoods.
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Sridevi
Indian Actress
I have been passionate about cinema from my childhood.
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Robertson Davies
Canadian Novelist
A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
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Rene Russo
American Actress
My mom said my whole childhood... was stop and go.
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Ingmar Bergman
Swedish Director
I am forever living in my childhood.
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