children

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Also offering fine support are K. Todd Freeman and Michael Benjamin Washington as Willy’s neighbor Charley and his son, who illustrate by their starkly contrasting values how Willy has morally failed himself and his children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Boudreaux urged residents to shelter in place and told parents that children at the schools were safe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

He also poked at Jones, a star of the paranoid, far-right fringe, for losing a massive defamation lawsuit filed by the parents of children killed in a 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

More than 20% of Iran's population is under the age of 14 – approximately 20.4 million children.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

“But you know how children are. Don’t you worry. I will see to it that he does not do it again, I promise you.”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo