Her childhood spent living in West Africa with her parents and her younger sister would color her perspectives on certain political issues.

Her childhood spent in Los Angeles, California was infused with music and musical influences.

He recalls a childhood spent hiding out in Underground stations during air raids.

It wasn't only fame that unhinged him so, but a tortured childhood spent at the hands of an alcoholic father and a sexually abusive mother.

Or his childhood in Puerto Rico spent yearning for snow.

He credits a childhood spent wrestling for his current balance and flexibility.

She described a childhood spent watching her father regularly beat her mother.

His childhood was spent working and studying, surrounded by his family.

Ms. Pojer recalls a childhood spent holding her father's hand during countless museum tours.

A childhood spent shuttling between Japan and the United States, his mother's country, had left him a loner, alert to rejection.