children

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The detention of Parra’s husband, Yonquenide José Yajure, meant the family’s breadwinner was gone, and she was unable to work without a caretaker for her two children.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Is my thinking correct that distributing all income annually to my children would avoid the higher trust tax rates?

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Meanwhile, the children, who are aged four and five, are with a French foster family in Lisbon and are expected to return to France.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

French authorities had been searching for the mother and the children since May 11, when the father reported them missing.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Karli was getting on so well with the other children by now, that often he would get down off Marlene and walk along with them, singing with them.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo