children

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Mary Kay excelled in high school but eloped at age 16 with her first husband, Julius Ben Rogers, and gave birth to two children in rapid succession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Cookson told police she had learnt how to wrap and swaddle babies on the job but had no formal training in how to put children down to sleep.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

When your children eventually inherit your Roth IRA, they have a 10-year window to withdraw the funds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Her 80-year-old mother, she added, “still works taking care of little children to cover life’s expenses.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Somehow he had taught Marlene to kneel down and to lift her trunk at his command, and the children loved this.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo