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People will be encouraged to contribute their views on what makes for a good childhood in today's society.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Archbishop warns of child crisis
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He also felt a difference in the atmosphere around the team, one that he attributed to the anticipation of the move to Brooklyn, an anticipation he shared, having spent a good bit of his childhood in the borough, first near Prospect Park, then as a teenager visiting his sister in Marine Park.
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That might deprive you of a few good moments in your childhood but it would save you a considerable amount of time as an adult not to mention the fact that you'd be spared at least one traumatic experience, i.e. the goldfish bowl.
NPR: Excerpt: 'The Elegance Of The Hedgehog'
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Having spent a good portion of my childhood in poverty, there was never enough money for even the basics.
FORBES: Why Is the U.S. Middle Class Unable to Defend Its Interests?
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This is particularly worrying in the light of work which shows that pathological behaviour in childhood is a good predictor of a lifetime of aberrant behaviour.
ECONOMIST: Diet and the unborn child
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Kevin Drum has a good post up on the importance of early childhood education.
FORBES: The Case for Preschool Vouchers
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And I tried to find a good balance between the educational stuff that makes a dad proud and straight entertainment that puts childhood reverie before academic accountability.
FORBES: Chromebooks for Kids: How Young is Too Young For Cloud Computing?
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He reviews his farming childhood, his happy marriage to a good woman called Rachel and his wartime service in Italy as a member of the 10th Mountain Brigade, as he encounters a series of lovers, drifters, loners, psychotic hunters and sick illegal immigrants all of whom have something to teach him.
ECONOMIST: Nostalgia fiction
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"I was a really good little girl, " she said quietly of her childhood in Forth Worth, Texas, the youngest of three.
WSJ: Cultural Conversation: Harriet Harris Loves Playing Bad Girls
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In a bit of good news, the study confirmed earlier research that the childhood obesity rate appears to be leveling off after several decades of increases.
CNN: Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. teens facing diabetes