1. youth
Youth is such a priceless commodity that it is a shame to waste it on children.
misspend youth
Education must not be limited to our youth, but it must be a continuing process through our entire lives.
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.
Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
Our youth we can have but to-day, we may always find time to grow old.
We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
Mrs Cockburn concealed her name lest the knowledge of her sex and youth should produce a prejudice against her work.
For some this causes them to become depressed or to look for ways to recapture their youth, to be young again.
The 15-year-old youth said that he never took drugs. That youth over there is sending you flowers. Rock music appeals to the youth.
I find it apt to cause misunderstanding that society confers such emotional privileges upon youth.
Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong.
2. childhood
He draws on his childhood experiences for the material of most of his stories.
a happy childhood
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
We are living in fear, we are suffering, we are not enjoying the sun and flowers, we are not enjoying our childhood.
Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, for the simple reason that they themselves are childish, foolish, and short-sighted.
It warms your heart to, when listening to a song in a (seemingly!) foreign language like Slovak, Macedonian, Slovenian, hear words you have known since your childhood and even understand whole phrases.
From childhood I was fond of reading, and all the little money that ever came into my hands was laid out in books.
Looking back at your childhood, what do you remember as your first reading experiences?
Amal spent her childhood in South Africa, and then moved to Germany when she grew up.
... her childhood playmates were the queen’s younger sons
The childhood is the best part of life! Everything is easier when you aren’t responsible for anything.
He spent his childhood in the country, but when he was sixteen his family moved to London.
And just like that, Dima's childhood friend hung up, leaving Dima - as he was before - 99 kopeks short of his goal.
When I sing Karaoke, I sing everything from oldies from my childhood to the latest hits.
The loss of childhood spontaneity has caused widespread concern, as well as calls for review of the nation's educational and social structures.