children

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Resigned to their fate, they hope the work will enable their children to go to school and learn a better trade.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Baroness Brown also repeated her suggestion of changing the school year so that children would not have to sit exams during the height of summer.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

By late 2025, TennCare’s “shared savings” had exceeded $1 billion, money the state has used for rural health, coverage for children and pregnant women, and no-interest disaster-relief loans for counties hit by 2024’s Hurricane Helene.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Kane is survived by his wife, Cindy, and their nine children, six of whom joined the family through adoption and fostering.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

How grateful I was now for Father’s insistence that his children speak German and English almost as soon as Dutch.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom