Childhood

2. When I went to my new school I was a victim of ..... on the part of some older boys.
3. Parents should teach their children some .....-how to behaveproperly in social situations.
5. She had sheltered ..... . Her parents were overprotective and fulfilled all her wishes.
7. The child threw ..... when mother refused to buy him a new toy.
10. Nowadays nappies are ..... . In the past mothers had to reuse them.
11. My mum used to read me a ..... story every day after she had tucked me in my bed.
12. Kate is my ...... from childhood. We used to spend hours playing with dolls and in the sandpit.
15. Her mother was always absent, so he was practically ..... up by his grandparents.
16. My favourite childhood play was hide and ..... .
17. I ..... up in the village, not in the city.

1. When I was three I went to ..... . I still have some vague memories of the time.
4. Some ..... games are very educational, children should be encouraged to play them.
6. Her parents died when she was little and she went to an ..... run by nuns.
8. I had five ..... . I was the oldest one, so I had to help my mum a lot as a child.
9. Mother gave her baby daughter a ..... to calm her down.
13. This is a toy that keeps babies’ attention because it makes characteristic sounds.
14. When I was a baby I slept in a ..... , not in a cot like most babies nowadays.