children

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The new law recognises that children can often benefit from maintaining relationships with both parents, while helping distribute parental responsibility more evenly.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

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

Often in cases like this, custody went to the parent who left with their children first.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

One of her children was born in Venezuela, and the other was born in Colombia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Tante Bep, with her perpetual, disapproving scowl, was the oldest of the aunts and the one we children liked least.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom