childhood _noun

ADJECTIVES

happy • unhappy
・My sisters and I had a very happy childhood.
・Her parents divorced and her childhood was unhappy.

normal
・I think my childhood was fairly normal.

lonely
・An only child with few friends, Greg had a lonely childhood.

deprived
・Many children in this city have very deprived childhoods.

early, middle, late 
・The experiences you have in early childhood are very important.

VERBS

have 
・I had a wonderful childhood growing up on a farm.

spend 
・This is the house where the artist spent most of his childhood.

remember from
・He remembered the place from his childhood.

NOUNS 

memories
・The photograph brought back happy childhood memories.

friend
・The two childhood friends became bitter enemies in later life.

sweetheart
・Brian married his childhood sweetheart. 

home
・Her childhood home in North Dakota is no longer there.

experiences
・Our childhood experiences make us who we are as adults. 

dream 
・Becoming world champion has been my childhood dream. 

illness, disease 
・There are vaccinations against measles and other childhood illnesses.

PREPOSITIONS

since, from 
・Anna and I have known each other since childhood.

in, during
・The disease usually occurs in childhood.