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Common collocations with childhood in American Collocation

childhood noun countable/uncountable

US /ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd/

happy

carefree
happy
idyllic
privileged

Scott had an idyllic childhood, growing up on his parents’ small farm.

unhappy

abusive
difficult
lonely
miserable
tough
traumatic
troubled
unhappy

Peter recalls his miserable childhood in a large, cold, country house.

experience your childhood

enjoy
experience
have
spend

She spent her early childhood in Germany.

experience your childhood again

recall
recreate
relive
remember
revisit

Many of us relive our childhood by becoming parents.

thoughts and feelings

ambition
dream
innocence
memories

He may never be able to fulfil his childhood dream of climbing Everest.

health problems

asthma
blindness
cancer
deafness
disease
epilepsy
illness
leukaemia
obesity

Childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem in the western world.

other problems

abuse
depression
trauma

The report notes an increase in childhood depression, drug abuse, and self-harm.