Childhood

4. When I was a baby I slept in a ..... , not in a cot like most babies nowadays.
6. Kate is my ...... from childhood. We used to spend hours playing with dolls and in the sandpit.
7. This is a toy that keeps babies’ attention because it makes characteristic sounds.
8. Her mother was always absent, so he was practically ..... up by his grandparents.
9. When I was three I went to ..... . I still have some vague memories of the time.
11. Nowadays nappies are ..... . In the past mothers had to reuse them and wash them over and over again.
15. Her parents died when she was little and she went to an ..... run by nuns.
16. My mum used to read me a ..... story every day when I was tucked in my bed.
17. I had five ..... . I was the oldest one, so I had to help my mum a lot as a child.

1. I ..... up in the village, not in the city.
2. Mother gave her baby daughter a ..... to calm her down.
3. Parents should teach their children some .....-how to behave well in social situations.
5. She had sheltered ..... . Her parents were overprotective and fulfilled all her wishes.
10. Some ..... games are very educational, children should be encouraged to play them.
12. My favourite childhood play was hide and ..... .
13. When I went to my new school I was a victim of ..... on the part of some older boys.
14. The child threw ..... when mother refused to buy him a new toy.