- plural of child.
children
Americannoun
noun
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She said she hoped to find "peace and time for my thoughts" away from the everyday worries about feeding the children and getting everyone ready for the school run.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Raising two children while watching her own parents grow older, she’s become increasingly curious about intergenerational trauma and how experiences are passed down through families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
I saw that while being raised by a single mother in a working-class Latino family, and I feel it as a parent of three children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
One in five parents of children aged three to nine say the chance to play together as a family influences what they buy, according to market intelligence company The Insights Family.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
It never occurred to any of us children that we ourselves were poor; “the poor” were people you took baskets to.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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