as in youth
the state or time of being a child
enjoy your childhood—it won't last forever
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Lina Ruiz covers early childhood education in Tarrant County and North Texas for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
Mahdi's lawyers argued that his original trial attorneys were not prepared to handle the death penalty trial and ignored the impact that months spent in prison solitary confinement had on him as a teenager after witnessing traumatic events in his childhood.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Christina Ricci is recalling a disturbing moment from her childhood.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
Mahdi's lawyers argued that his original trial attorneys were not prepared to handle the death penalty trial and ignored the impact that months spent in prison solitary confinement had on him as a teenager after witnessing traumatic events in his childhood.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Christina Ricci is recalling a disturbing moment from her childhood.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/childhood. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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