Childhood

5. She had sheltered ..... . Her parents were overprotective and fulfilled all her wishes.
9. Kate is my ...... from childhood. We used to spend hours playing with dolls and in the sandpit.
15. This is a toy that keeps babies’ attention because it makes characteristic sounds.
16. Some ..... games are very educational, children should be encouraged to play them.
17. When I went to my new school I was a victim of ..... on the part of some older boys.

1. When I was three I went to ..... . I still have some vague memories of the time.
2. Her parents died when she was little and she went to an ..... run by nuns.
3. Nowadays nappies are ..... . In the past mothers had to reuse them.
4. I had five ..... . I was the oldest one, so I had to help my mum a lot as a child.
6. I ..... up in the village, not in the city.
7. Mother gave her baby daughter a ..... to calm her down.
8. Parents should teach their children some .....-how to behaveproperly in social situations.
10. The child threw ..... when mother refused to buy him a new toy.
11. My favourite childhood play was hide and ..... .
12. When I was a baby I slept in a ..... , not in a cot like most babies nowadays.
13. My mum used to read me a ..... story every day after she had tucked me in my bed.
14. Her mother was always absent, so he was practically ..... up by his grandparents.