noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ carefree , good , happy
▪ deprived , difficult , lonely , rough , traumatic , troubled , unhappy
▪ normal
▪ early , late , middle ( esp. AmE )
▪
From earliest ~ she'd had a love of dancing.
▪
His health remained poor into later ~.
VERB + CHILDHOOD
▪ have
▪
She had a very happy ~.
▪ spend
▪
He spent most of his ~ in Egypt.
▪ recall , remember
▪
I remembered my own ~ fondly.
▪ survive
▪
Her second son didn't survive ~.
▪ lose
▪
Children are losing their ~s so fast.
CHILDHOOD + NOUN
▪ days , years
▪ event , experience , memories
▪ dream , fantasy
▪ abuse , trauma
▪ buddy ( esp. AmE ), friend , sweetheart
▪ crush
▪ home
▪ nickname
▪ disease , illness , mortality
▪ cancer , leukaemia/leukemia , etc.
▪ obesity
PREPOSITION
▪ during ~
▪
He became diabetic during ~.
▪ from ~
▪
She still retained many friends from ~.
▪ in ~
▪
She died in ~.
▪ throughout ~
▪
He was moved from family to family throughout his ~.
PHRASES
▪ scenes from sb's ~