Childhood

1. I had five ..... . I was the oldest one, so I had to help my mum a lot as a child.
6. When I was three I went to ..... . I still have some vague memories of the time.
10. Mother gave her baby daughter a ..... to calm her down.
11. The child threw ..... when mother refused to buy him a new toy.
12. Some ..... games are very educational, children should be encouraged to play them.
15. Kate is my ...... from childhood. We used to spend hours playing with dolls and in the sandpit.
16. This is a toy that keeps babies’ attention because it makes characteristic sounds.
17. Her mother was always absent, so he was practically ..... up by his grandparents.

2. When I went to my new school I was a victim of ..... on the part of some older boys.
3. Her parents died when she was little and she went to an ..... run by nuns.
4. She had sheltered ..... . Her parents were overprotective and fulfilled all her wishes.
5. My favourite childhood play was hide and ..... .
7. Nowadays nappies are ..... . In the past mothers had to reuse them.
8. My mum used to read me a ..... story every day after she had tucked me in my bed.
9. When I was a baby I slept in a ..... , not in a cot like most babies nowadays.
13. Parents should teach their children some .....-how to behaveproperly in social situations.
14. I ..... up in the village, not in the city.