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CHILDREN

Definition: CHILDREN

CHILDREN

Noun

1. Pl. of Child.

Plural

1. Of Child

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "CHILDREN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Specialty Definition: CHILDREN

Domain	Definition
Census	The term "children," as used in tables on living arrangements of children under 18, are all persons under 18 years, excluding people who maintain households, families, or subfamilies as a reference person or spouse. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To dream of seeing many beautiful children is portentous of great prosperity and blessings. For a mother to dream of seeing her child sick from slight cause, she may see it enjoying robust health, but trifles of another nature may harass her. To see children working or studying, denotes peaceful times and general prosperity. To dream of seeing your child desperately ill or dead, you have much to fear, for its welfare is sadly threatened. To dream of your dead child, denotes worry and disappointment in the near future. To dream of seeing disappointed children, denotes trouble from enemies, and anxious forebodings from underhanded work of seemingly friendly people. To romp and play with children, denotes that all your speculating and love enterprises will prevail. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Children The children in the wood. The master of Wayland Hall, Norfolk, on his deathbed left a little son, three years old, and a still younger daughter, named Jane, to the care of his wife's brother. The boy was to have 300 a year when he came of age, and the girl 500 as a wedding portion; but, if the children died previously, the uncle was to inherit. After twelve months had elapsed, the uncle hired two ruffians to murder the two babes. As they went along one of the ruffians relented, and killed his fellow; then, putting down the children in a wood, left them. The poor babes gathered blackberries to allay their hunger, but died during the night, and "Robin Redbreast" covered them over with strawberry leaves. All things went ill with the cruel uncle; his sons died, his barns were fired, his cattle died, and he himself perished in gaol. After the lapse of seven years, the ruffian was taken up for highway robbery, and confessed the whole affair. (Percy: Reliques, iii. ii. 18.) "Then sad he sung `The Children in the Wood.' (Ah! barbarous uncle, stained with infant blood!) How blackberries they plucked in deserts wild, And fearless at the glittering falchion smiled; Their little corpse the robin-redbreast found, And strewed with pious bill the leaves around." Gay: Pastoral VI. Children. Three hundred and sixty-five at a birth. It is said that the Countess of Henneberg accused a beggar of adultery because she carried twins, whereupon the beggar prayed that the countess might carry as many children as there are days in the year. According to the legend, this happened on Good Friday, 1276. All the males were named John, and all the females Elizabeth. The countess was forty-two at the time. Children as plural of "child." (See under Chicken,) page 245, col. 2.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Child

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A child is a young human. Depending on context it may mean someone who is not yet an adult, or someone who has not yet hit puberty (someone who is prepubescent).

Gender
A female child is called a girl and a male child is a boy (though a small percentage of humans are intersexual this is a distinction of biological sex not necessarily social or psychological gender). Apart from the genitals, young children do not differ much by sex. Whether cultural and parental practices emphasize or weaken gender identity is subject to debate. For instance, parents often discipline boys more, which potentially weakens their inborn more aggressive nature making them more similar to girls. In general, the extent to which gender identity is formed during childhood or congenital is a matter of much debate within psychology and genetics.

Law
In law, a person who is not yet a legal adult is known as a minor (known in some places as an juvenile, or, in others, as a infant). For example, in many countries a person under the age of 18 is a minor. Most countries give additional legal protection to minors despite their underage status, and all UN member states except the United States and Somalia have ratified the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, although not all of them have followed it.

Development
Child development is the study or examination of processes and mechanisms that operate during the physical and mental development of an infant into an adult.
Pediatrics is the branch of medicine relating to the care of children. It encompasses ages from prenatal to teenagers and even young adults (ages 0-21 years).
Stages of development include:

(Zygote, the point of Conception, fertilization)
(Embryo; in the later stages also called fetus)
(Birth)
Child
Infant (baby, newborn)
Toddler
Primary school age (also called prepubescence)
Elementary school age (also called middle childhood)
Preadolescence (preteen, or late childhood. The child in this and the previous phase are called schoolchild (schoolboy or schoolgirl), when still of primary school age.)
(Adolescence) (teenage)
(Young adult) (sometimes used as a euphemism for adolescent)
(Adult)
(Advanced adult/Senior)
Sexagenarian
Septuagenarian
Octogenarian
Nonagenarian
Centenarian
(Death)

Physical development

Ability to lift and control the orientation of the head
Crawling begins
Walking begins
Speech begins
Voice lowers in pitch (especially noticeable in boys)
Pubic hair appears
Genitals and reproductive organs mature
Menses begin (females)
body hair and facial hair appears

Cognitive development

Learning
Music lessons
Infant Education
Language acquisition
Developmental psychology

Notable child prodigies

Christian Henry Heinecken (The Infant of Lübeck)
Isaac Albeniz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Street child
A street child is a child that lives on the street, in particular one that is not taken care of by parents or other adults, and also sleeps on the street because he or she does not have a home. [1]

Human development
Human development refers to all forms of development above, often in the context of clinical psychology or as human development theory (in economics, an outgrowth of welfare economics).
Both the psychological and economic fields share a special concern with education and language fluency including literacy and numeracy, and with identification and development of more unique talents into the economic variable known as individual capital.
Earlier branches of economics see humans in terms of labour for production, means of persuasion or protection, which tend to be skills acquired only in adolescence and adulthood. The human development view is more evident in sports, music and other performing arts, such as acting where the child begins training often as early as three years of age. Think of Tiger Woods and his early practice golfing.
While there are problems with such early "streaming", child murder, child abandonment, military use of children and other major social ills are thought to be reduced by a human development approach - as as there is a high value assigned to children by the state.
The UN Human Development Index is a means of measuring well-being used to rank states by these criteria. Although child abuse is thought to be lower in countries with a high ranking on this Index, that is not easily proven.

See also

Age of consent
Children's television show
Defense of infancy
Education
Minor
Parenting
School
Scouting
Taking Children Seriously
Toy

External links

Child development stages
Child discipline
Child Discipline & Punishment
Child Behaviour
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Child."

Child node

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A child node or descendant node is a node in a tree data structure that is linked to by a parent node.
See: leaf node
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Child node."

Child sacrifice

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Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please, propitiate or force supernatural beings in order to achieve a desired result.
The practice has been believed to be central to some religions, made to a wide variety of gods, goddesses and spirits. These religions often depict the practice in myths as absolutely necessary to save the world from "chaos". In many cases, archaeologists have found evidence that suggests that the prevalence of child sacrifice in a culture (Carthaginian for instance) was probably far less than commonly believed, perhaps only as part of myths from some cultures.
References to child sacrifices have been found since the beginning of human history in many cultures.
In Greek mythology, King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigeneia in order to gain favorable weather for an invasion.
In the Bible, Abraham is told to sacrifice his son Isaac for the glory of God, though angelic intervention prevents it; the near sacrifice of Isaac is one of the most challenging, and perhaps ethically troublesome, parts of the Bible, and has its own entry.
In the Bible, Jephtha, an Israelite general, does sacrifice his daughter because of a hasty pledge made to God.
The Bible implies that the Ammonites offered child sacrifices to Moloch.
Yoruba myths refer to "twin infanticide" as an ancient practice stopped by divine intervention of Shango.

Archaeology has uncovered physical evidence of child sacrifice at several locations. Some examples include:
Young children were buried with their skulls split by an ax at Woodhenge.
Sites within Carthage and other Phoenician centers revealed the remains of infants and children in large numbers; initially this was interpreted as evidence for frequent and prominent child sacrifice to the god Ba'al Hammon. However, many historians have disputed this interpretation, suggesting instead that these were resting places for children miscarried or who died in infancy.
The Incan culture sacrificed children. The frozen corpses are still being discovered in the South American mountains. The first of these corpses, a female child who had died from a blow to the skull, was discovered in 1995 by Johan Reinhard. Other methods of sacrifice included wrapping living children in their burial clothes tightly enough to cause asphyxiation. These findings corroborated the documented stories by Spanish colonizers in the 16th century. The practice itself was called capacocha by the Incans. One theory of why the Incans sacrificed children was that the children were to be emissaries to their deities. Archaeologists corroborated this theory with their own, that the child to be sacrificed met the Emperor and was the guest of honor at a feast before being sacrificed.
The Moche of northern Peru practiced mass sacrifices of men and boys.

There is some evidence that the such practices extend even to modern times. The bodies of some young children discovered in remote regions of South America, are alleged to have been killed by drug dealers in rituals intended to ward off revenge for their successful cocaine runs. In Africa there have been several allegations of children sacrificed in muti rituals: attempts at witchcraft intended to bring prosperity to those performing the sacrifice.
It has been claimed that the Jewish law prescribing circumcision for males was a covenant for a largely symbolic flesh sacrifice to replace child sacrifice.
In modern times, child sacrifice is a term that has also been applied to the military use of children.
See also: infanticide
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Child sacrifice."

Children's literature

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Children's literature is literature specially for children (not to be confused with literature about children, although there is a quite a large overlap between these two categories). The genre has a long history, although originally it was more for instruction than specifically for entertainment.
John Newbery's publication of A Little Pretty Pocket-Book in 1744 marks the beginning of pleasure reading marketed specifically to children. Previous to Newbery, literature for children was intended to instruct the young, though children adopted adult literature that they found diverting. Among the earliest examples found in English of this co-opted adult fiction are Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur and the Robin Hood tales.
In current publishing, the typical breakdown within the field is - pre-readers, early readers, chapter books, and young adults. Picture books, which cross all genres and age levels, feature art as an integral part of the overall work.
Many authors specialize in books for children, or have written books beloved by children. In some cases, books intended for adults, such as Swift's Gulliver's Travels have been edited (or bowdlerized) somewhat for children.
Picture books are very popular in the pre-reader and early reader market, as they are illustrated on every page.
The most noted awards for children's literature in the United States are awarded each year by the American Library Association (ALA): the Caldecott Medal is awarded to the illustrator of the picture book that the ALA deems "most distinguished"; while the Newbery Medal, nominally for the author of the most distinguished children's book in any genre, usually (but not always) goes to a chapter book. Runners-up are designated "Caldecott Honor Books" and "Newbery Honor Books".

Famous Works of Children's Fiction

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1864) by Lewis Carroll, a novel about a little girl who enters Wonderland - a land where craziness and weirdness are a way of life - by diving into a rabbit hole in pursuit of a white rabbit. It was succeeded by Through the Looking-Glass.

Just So Stories for Little Children (1902), by Rudyard Kipling, fantastical accounts of the origins of natural phenomena.

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, about a spider who befriends a pig and saves him from being slaughtered by writing messages about him in her web.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) by Roald Dahl, a novel about a young boy who recieves a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the near-magical Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. It was succeeded by Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Other children's books by Roald Dahl include James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox, and The Witches (winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award) and Matilda.

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, about a young girl who helps a young boy break stereotypes and follow his heart in the battle of puberty - until their friendship is tragically destroyed.

Popular Series

The Little Women series is probably the first series of children's books. It was written by Louisa May Alcott.

The Harry Potter series of books (1997 - present day) by J. K. Rowling, about a boy who saves the wizarding world and is famous - even before he is a year old.

The Artemis Fowl series of books (2001 - present day) by Eoin Colfer, about a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind and boy genius - who knows a secret about the underground world of fairies.

The Famous Five books by Enid Blyton, the adventures of four children and a dog.

The Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, starting with The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

The Oz books of L. Frank Baum and others.

The Hardy Boys series about detective brothers, written by several authors under the nom-de-plume of Franklin W. Dixon

The Nancy Drew series, about a young sleuth, written by several authors under the nom-de-plume of Carolyn Keene

The Lone Pine adventures by Malcolm Saville

The Swallows And Amazons series by Arthur Ransome, nautical stories featuring the crews of the Swallow, the Amazon, and the Scarab

See also: List of children's literature authors, Fairy tales, Publishers of children books,Fiction
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Children's literature."

Children's television series

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Children's television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, and often with the purpose of educating a young audience about basic life skills or ideals. The programs are usually divided by age groups, including pre-school, kindergarten through second grade, third grade through age ten, and ages ten through twelve. The term "children's television" is also often associated with cartoon television shows, though cartoon television was intended for adults until well into the late 1970s when "Saturday morning cartoons" became a U.S. television tradition.
Children's television is nearly as old as television itself, with early American examples including live broadcast shows such as Howdy Doody, Bozo The Clown and The Mickey Mouse Club. These shows typically featured performers, clowns, or puppet characters performing in front of a live audience of children. Several also featured child performers. Early children's television was often a marketing branch of a larger corporate product such as Disney, and rarely contained an educational element. Though there is some debate on the intended audience, later non-educational children's television programs included the science fiction programs of Irwin Allen (most notably Lost In Space), the fantasy series of Sid and Marty Krofft, and the extensive cartoon empire of Hanna-Barbera.
Many children's shows also have a large adult following, sometimes in appreciation of their quality and educational value, and sometimes among adults who watched the shows as children or with their own children and now have a nostalgic emotional connection.

Sesame Street
North American children's television took a dramatic turn in 1969 with the creation of the visionary PBS program Sesame Street. Still in production over thirty years later, Sesame Street is an educational program produced by the Children's Television Workshop (now called Sesame Workshop) and featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. The show blends human and puppet characters, animation, song and dance, and colorful production numbers with basic educational material oriented for children anywhere from toddler to six. It is on this television show that many children of the world are first exposed to things like basic math and language skills, as well as social skills and multiculturality. The effect of Sesame Street was so powerful that within a few years, children's television was universally considered to have an educational mandate.
Though the perceived educational mandate continues to be promoted and debated, and many shows (particularly those on public television) are specifically designed to be educational, children's programming has moved toward back toward pure entertainment over time. Efforts by state and federal government to regulate children television into being exclusively educational have been evaded or defeated.

In the US: Saturday morning, weekday afternoons, and the rise of cable TV
In the USA, most early children's programming ran during the late afternoon, or during otherwise-unused timeslots on weekend mornings. As time went on, Saturday morning became the most popular time for non-educational children's programming, and by the 1970s, all three major US networks had a full schedule of children's programs running in this space.
At the same time, as locally originated live-action children's programming fell out of style with the network affiliates (who filled the slots with cheaper syndicated programming, or more profitable news shows), the independent stations filled the gap by scheduling cartoons (usually reruns of Saturday morning fare, or public domain copies of old Paramount or Warner Bros shorts) in these afternoon time slots. By the early 1980s, the afternoon time slot was nearly as popular as Saturday morning was, and first-run programming (such as The Transformers and G. I. Joe) began to appear. Even Disney stepped into the fray eventually, premiering their first syndicated cartoon (DuckTales) in 1987.
The 1980s and early 1990s also saw the rise of Saturday morning's biggest competition yet:

Nickelodeon was the first cable network to cater directly to children, and as it got carried on more and more cable systems, it took away more and more viewers from the broadcast networks. Nick's biggest selling point was that, unlike syndicated and Saturday morning programs, viewers could watch their favorite shows practically any time they wanted. Nickelodeon's programming during this period was mostly live action (though they did run cartoons produced by others during the midday "Pinwheel" block during the 1980s), but it introduced its own line of original cartoons (Nicktoons) in 1991.

In 1990, the upstart Fox Network entered the kids-TV market. By 1993, Fox Kids had hits in Batman: The Animated Series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Animaniacs.

Turner Broadcasting, having recently acquired Hanna-Barbera Productions from their bankrupt previous owners, used the combined H-B and MGM libraries to form the basis of the Cartoon Network, which launched in October 1992. As with Nickelodeon, the ability to watch a cartoon anytime was the main attraction, even though CN's schedule was meager at first.

By this time, NBC had had enough, and replaced its Saturday morning schedule with The Today Show and teen-oriented live-action shows. CBS later followed suit; however, they later merged with Nickelodeon's corporate parent Viacom, and CBS now offers a block of Nickelodeon's educationally-oriented programming on Saturday mornings. ABC continued to run cartoons in their Saturday morning block throughout the 1990s; after their acquisition by Disney, the block became mostly Disney-originated under the "One Saturday Morning" banner.
Cartoon Network introduced its own line of cartoons in 1996 with the World Premiere Toons/What A Cartoon! project, which spawned Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, among others.
Fox Kids fell on hard times in the late 1990s, after Warner Bros. (which had produced some of its biggest hits) broke ties with it, and the popularity of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers began to wane. By this time, Fox had merged Power Rangers producer Saban Entertainment and the former Marvel Productions (which used to be Saturday morning fixture DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) into Fox Kids, and in 2000, most of Fox Kids' assets were put up for sale. Disney won the bid, acquiring all of the Saban assets and Fox Kids' international operations. Left without a programming block, Fox subcontracted their Saturday morning timeslots to 4Kids Entertainment, and gave the new block the Fox Box brand.

List of shows
There follows a partial list of television shows for children that have received particular recognition or popularity, listed by their country of origin. (Many children's television shows are imported from other countries, particularly in the US and UK.)
United States television:
321 Contact
Alf
Animaniacs
Barney and Friends
Bugs Bunny
Batman (several versions)
Captain Kangaroo
The Care Bears
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Cow and Chicken
Dastardly and Mutley
Dexter's Laboratory
Double Dare
Duck Tales
The Electric Company
Fat Albert
The Flintstones
Fraggle Rock
Gadget and the Gadgetinis
Ghostbusters and The Real Ghostbusters
He-Man
Hot Fudge
Huckleberry Hound
Inspector Gadget
The Jetsons
Kids Incorporated
The Letter People
Mighty Mouse
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
The New Zoo Revue
Pinky and the Brain
Pinwheel
Pokemon
Popeye
The Powerpuff Girls
Puff the Magic Dragon
Reading Rainbow
Romper Room
Saved by the Bell
Sesame Street
School House Rock
Scooby Doo (several versions)
She-Ra
Sid and Marty Krofft shows, including
H.R. PufnStuff
Land Of The Lost
Lidsville
ElectraWoman and DynaGirl
Shining Time Station
The Smurfs
The Skatebirds
Space Ghost
Speed Racer
Square One
Strawberry Shortcake
Superfriends
Superman (several versions)
Tom and Jerry
The Transformers
Thundercats
Top Cat
Voltron
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego and Where in the World is Carment Sandiego
Yogi Bear
Zoom

UK television:
Ace of Wands
Andy Pandy
Bagpuss
Blue Peter
Brum
Byker Grove
Camberwick Green and sequels Trumpton and Chigley
Captain Scarlet
Clangers
Crackerjack
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Doctor Who
Grange Hill
The Flowerpot Men (Bill and Ben)
Jackanory
Knightmare
Live and Kicking
The Magic Roundabout (French origin, dubbed for UK market)
Magpie
Maid Marian and her Merry Men(comedy)
Mr. Benn
Muffin the Mule
Multicoloured Swap Shop
Play Away
Postman Pat
Rainbow
Roobarb and Custard
The Singing Ringing Tree (import)
Thunderbirds
Timeslip
The Tomorrow People
Teletubbies
The Three Friends and Jerry
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
Tiswas
The Wombles
Zokko

German televison:
Janosh stories

Canadian television:
Babar
Caillou
The Friendly Giant
Mr. Dressup
Polka Dot Door
Sesame Park
Spynet
Today's Special
Wimzie's House
You Can't Do That on Television
Zaboomafoo

Australian television:
Bananas in Pyjamas
Fat Cat and Friends
The Girl from Tomorrow
Here's Humphrey
Mister Squiggle
Ocean Girl
Play School
Round the Twist
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Young Talent Time

Japanese television:
Digimon
Pokemon
Transformers

French Television:
Inspector Gadget
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Children's television series."

Synonym: CHILDREN

Synonym: Minor children generally. (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: CHILDREN

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Impiety	The wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate; sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one; children of darkness.
Piety	The children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: CHILDREN

Specialty definitions using "CHILDREN": administering to children substances capable of causing injury, Aid to Families with Dependent Children ♦ Beeroth of the children of Jaakan ♦ Children ever born, Children ever born - fertilit ♦ Dental Care for Children, Disabled Children ♦ exceptional children ♦ Gutter Children ♦ Hero Children ♦ key children ♦ Loki's Three Children ♦ Men are but Children of a Larger Growth ♦ Netherlands Federation of Centres for Unmarried Mothers and their Children ♦ Own children ♦ Placement of Foreign Foster Children Act ♦ Related children ♦ school for delicate children, school for maladjusted children, School meals initiative for healthy children, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children ♦ trafficking in women and children ♦ Wild Children. (references)

Etymologies containing "CHILDREN": Posthumous. (references)

Modern Usage: CHILDREN

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I was the only one that could speak for them, and for the children we were (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) There's three times in a man's life when he's got a right to howl at the moon, when he marries, when his children are born and when he finishes a job he was crazy to start (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase) There were children in those days who lived off human flesh (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt) Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. (The Crow; writing credit: David J. Schow, John Shirley) Children and a Labrador negative (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss)
Lyrics	But we all are God's children (THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN; performing artist: New Kids On The Block) Were you in the yard with your wife and children (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) Where do we go from here now that all other children are growin' up (Games People Play; performing artist: Alan Parsons Project) And by your might you set your children free ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) Starkweather, homicide, children of Thalidomide (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel)
Clever	Familiarity breeds contempt; and children. (references; author: Mark Twain) Include Your Children When Baking Cookies (references; author: unknown) Our arms are the only ones God has to hug His children. (references; author: unknown) Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities. (references; author: unknown) Fairy Tale: A horror story to prepare children for the newspapers. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Children of Dune (2003) Learning Modules for Rural Children (1974) Satan's Children (1974) Access to the Children (1973) Come On Children (1973)
Song Titles	Little Children (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) LITTLE CHILDREN Billy (performing artist: J.Kramer & Dakotas ) This One's For The Children (performing artist: New Kids On The Block) Children (performing artist: Robert Miles) Sex Is For Children (performing artist: The Roches)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: CHILDREN

Domain	Title
References	The Official Parent's Sourcebook on Urinary Incontinence with Children (reference) The World Market for Doll Carriages and Wheeled Toys Designed to Be Ridden by Children, Bicycles, Tricycles, Scooters, and Pedal Cars: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome (reference) Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder: Innovative parenting and counseling techniques for helping children with bipolar disorder and the conditions that may occur with it (reference) Bringing Up Kids Without Tearing Them Down How To Raise Confident, Successful Children (reference) Children Are from Heaven: Positive Parenting Skills for Raising Cooperative, Confident, and Compassionate Children (reference) In the Best Interest of the Child: Conflict Resolution for and by Children and Juveniles (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Children & Schools (reference) Children & Young People In New Zealand : Key Statistical Indicators (reference) Children And Youth Funding Report (reference) Claiming Children (reference) Southern California Council On Literature For Children & Young People Membership (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Health Talks at The Cleveland Clinic Presents - The Inclusion Delusion: Are Inclusion Classes Appropriate for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders? (reference) Children of the Corn (reference) Amazing Animals * Children * Family * Creepy Crawly Animals (reference) Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 30, Episodes 59 and 60: The Enterprise Incident/ And the Children Shall Lead (reference) Gregory K. v. Ralph K.: Children Divorcing Their Parents (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Classical Music for Children (reference) Music for Children [BOX SET] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	INFOGRAMES Hasbro Classic Favorites for Children (Windows) (reference) X-Men: Children of the Atom (reference) Macmillan Dictionary for Children Revision (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: CHILDREN

Photo Album: CHILDREN

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Pictured is a family group of a father, mother and eight children around a piano. One of the younger women is playing the piano and the others are following the music and singing. They raise their hands while singing. It appears to be a family room home setting. These people are a Mormon family. They are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).		Pictured here is a large group of adults and children sitting around a swimming pool. They are members of a national group called the Candlelighters, which gives emotional support and practical advice to parents, patients and siblings of cancer victims. This group is in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of more than 100 nationwide. The Candlelighters headquarters is in Washington, DC. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	Map showing incidence of H. influenzae non-type b invasive disease among children <5 years of age, per 100,000 population, United States, 1996. Credit: CDC.		African children. Credit: CDC.
	Wives, children, and pets accompanied the ship's in the early days On the stern of the MARINDUQUE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Marion Aslakson with Moro children Sight-seeing in Zamboanga. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Sun, sand, surf, and happy children - what a great beach!. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Children watching migrating salmon pass by at the Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder. Credit: Fisheries.
	Local children stand in the low marsh area adjacent to the pre-restored ditch of a headwater stream. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Thunderbird people visit with critically ill children.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Digital Photo Gallery: CHILDREN


"Dangerous children" by Tammy Sharp Commentary: "Hey, they put themselves in there. . . I just took the picture."	"Children watching American" by Kevin Rohr Commentary: "Two Dominican girls watch wealthy American teens hand out candy and try to speak Spanish."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Sounds Captioned with "CHILDREN".

Play	Caption
	Children playing in a schoolyard.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Familiar Quotations: CHILDREN

Author	Quotation
Aristophanes	Old men are children for a second time.
Charles Lamb	Lawyers I suppose were children once.
Euripides	Noble fathers have noble children.
John Heywood	Children and fools cannot lie.
John Ray	Children are poor men's riches.
Joseph Joubert	Children need models rather than critics.
Novalis	Where children are, there is the golden age.
Richard Henry Stoddard	Children are the keys of paradise.
Victor Hugo	We are the children of our own deeds.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Historic Usage: CHILDREN

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	And if anyone die indebted to the Jews, his wife shall have her dower and pay nothing of that debt; and if any children of the deceased are left under age, necessaries shall be provided for them in keeping with the holding of the deceased; and out of the residue the debt shall be paid, reserving, however, service due to feudal lords; in like manner let it be done touching debts due to others than Jews. (reference)
John Locke	1690	Children, obey your parents, &c. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	Free education for all children in public schools. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Option by a husband will cover his wife and option by parents will cover their children under 18 years of age. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
United Nations	1948	All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	Education of white children was largely in the hands of private groups. (reference)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1928)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Use in Literature: CHILDREN

Title	Author	Quote
The Little Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupery	Children, I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs!
Emma	Austen, Jane	He never read the Romance of the Forest, nor The Children of the Abbey
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	Suppose I find two children drowning in a pond
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	The children drank the toast after her.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The children have come from their schools, and the grown people from their workshops and their fields, on purpose to be happy
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The children followed him laughing
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	You have erred but you are always my children.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Yet thou didst kill my children.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The women moved cautiously out of the doorways toward their men, and the children crept behind the women, cautiously, ready to run.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	They were stark naked, men, women, and children, round a fire, as I could discover by the smoke
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: CHILDREN

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		HD usually occurs in children. (references)
		Urinary Tract Infections in Children. (references)
		Obesity is increasing among children. (references)
Business		Activities for children appear to be a good selling point. (references)
		Stuffed toys are always popular with children and young women. (references)
		Essentially all children put up for foreign adoption are girls. (references)
Children	Tonga	Almost all children attend school. (references)
	India	Schoolteachers often beat children. (references)
	Namibia	Many San children do not attend school. (references)
Civil Liberties	Ghana	It was reported that 155 children up to age 5 received the vaccine. (references)
	Greece	In Thrace over 8,000 Muslim children attended Turkish-language primary schools. (references)
	Kuwait	All minor children must have their father's permission to travel outside of the country. (references)
Discrimination	Djibouti	In particular the Government's enforcement of laws to protect women and children is ineffective. (references)
	Bangladesh	Women, children, minority groups, and persons with disabilities often confront social and economic disadvantages. (references)
	Cape Verde	However, despite the Government's increasing efforts to enforce all relevant constitutional provisions, it still does not do so effectively, and not all elements of society, particularly women and children, enjoy full protection against discrimination. (references)
Economic History	Zimbabwe	Today, most African children attend primary school. (references)
	Afghanistan	Education: Only a small percentage of children attend school. (references)
	Sweden	From ages 7-16, children attend compulsory comprehensive school. (references)
Human Rights	Israel and the occupied territories	Seven other school children were injured. (references)
	Uganda	The LRA in particular tortured and beat children. (references)
	China	It is illegal for unmarried women to bear children. (references)
Indigenous People	Australia	The infant mortality rate for indigenous children is 2.8 times that of nonindigenous children. (references)
	Taiwan	The sale of Aborigine children into prostitution by their parents reportedly no longer occurs. (references)
	Gabon	The NGO described the children born to Pygmy families in these situations as the "property" of the master. (references)
Minorities	Lebanon	The U.N. estimates that 18 percent of street children are Palestinian. (references)
	Dominican Republic	They believe that this ensures their children a more promising future. (references)
	Armenia	Yezidi children on occasion reported hazing by teachers and classmates. (references)
Political Economy	BOLIVIA	Wage employment for children under 14 is illegal. (references)
	BANGLADESH	Some laws prohibit labor by children in certain sectors. (references)
	Barbados	Societal violence against women and children are problems. (references)
Trade	Moldova	A certificate of hygiene is obligatory for foodstuffs and related raw materials, various products for children, water-supply equipment and materials, and other products. (references)
	Philippines	Category II includes: alcoholic beverages; food supplements; tea (herbal); bottled drinking water; foods for infant & children; foods for special dietary use; transgenic food products (use of genetic engineering/biotechnology) and; ethnic food products with indigenous ingredient(s) not common in the Philippines. (references)
Travel	Saudi Arabia	The father must approve the departure of any children. (references)
Women	Yemen	The fertility rate is 6.5 children per woman. (references)
	Swaziland	Inheritances are passed through male children only. (references)
	Algeria	Only males are able to confer citizenship on their children. (references)
Worker Rights	Pakistan	Each center educates 120 children. (references)
	Somalia	Substantial numbers of children work. (references)
	China	Many such children work in small factories. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	FAIRY, n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests. It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children. The fairies are now believed by naturalist to be extinct, though a clergyman of the Church of England saw three near Colchester as lately as 1855, while passing through a park after dining with the lord of the manor. The sight greatly staggered him, and he was so affected that his account of it was incoherent. In the year 1807 a troop of fairies visited a wood near Aix and carried off the daughter of a peasant, who had been seen to enter it with a bundle of clothing. The son of a wealthy bourgeois disappeared about the same time, but afterward returned. He had seen the abduction been in pursuit of the fairies. Justinian Gaux, a writer of the fourteenth century, avers that so great is the fairies' power of transformation that he saw one change itself into two opposing armies and fight a battle with great slaughter, and that the next day, after it had resumed its original shape and gone away, there were seven hundred bodies of the slain which the villagers had to bury. He does not say if any of the wounded recovered. In the time of Henry III, of England, a law was made which prescribed the death penalty for "Kyllynge, wowndynge, or mamynge" a fairy, and it was universally respected.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Spoken Usage: CHILDREN

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Ben Kingsley	There is a method. I mean, I can't always apply it, because sometimes I have to work. Because I've got four children, et cetera, et cetera.
Dennis Miller	Women face many problems in the workplace, especially when they decide they want to have children.
Joan Lunden	We've been going in for all of the appointments and we've gotten to know her children and my husband e-mails back and forth with the husband every few days.
Kelly Marino	I did not desert my children. That is one thing that has been reported very wrong. And I just chose not to speak out and say anything different.
Mikhail Baryshnikov	Three children together. My oldest daughter with Jessica Lange, you know, next year she will be to college.
Paula Poundstone	Right. The children are wards of the court and you're taking care of them until the court makes a decision about what happens with them.
Rush Limbaugh	The children of employees should be the responsibility of the corporation.
Sylvia Browne	Nothing wrong with saying that. I think the more honest we are with children, the better because kids are not stupid.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speeches: CHILDREN

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	How few of the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election of government, more than of air, soil, or climate, for themselves or their children!
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	During the past decade this program has supported the welfare and morale of a large part of our people by removing some of the hazards and hardships of the aged, the unemployed, and widows and dependent children.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Nor can their children or grandchildren always sacrifice their own health budgets to meet this constant drain.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	In a land rich in harvest, children just must not go hungry.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	Life will be a little better here for my children than for me.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Ensuring a healthy start in life for children remains not only a high priority of my Administration, but also one of the most cost effective forms of health care.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Preparing for the future must begin, as always, with our children.
George Bush	1989-1993	Our children are watching in schools throughout our great land.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Governments don't raise children.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Children respond to an atmosphere of high standards.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Usage Frequency: CHILDREN

"CHILDREN" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.93% of the time. "CHILDREN" is used about 46,559 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	99.93%	46,528	179
Noun (proper)	0.06%	27	66,962
Total	100.00%	46,559	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions: CHILDREN

Expressions using "CHILDREN": administering to children substances capable of causing injury ♦ adopted children ♦ Aid to Families with Dependent Children ♦ all children from one marriage ♦ be good with children ♦ bear children ♦ Beeroth of the children of Jaakan ♦ bringing up children ♦ children of darkness ♦ children of school age ♦ children under six ♦ class for backward children ♦ Dental Care for Children ♦ Disabled Children ♦ disadvantaged children ♦ dozens of children ♦ EnLighten System for Children with Learning Difficulties ♦ exceptional children ♦ fond of children ♦ for children also ♦ group of children ♦ handicapped children ♦ having many children ♦ impoverished children ♦ indecency with children ♦ key children ♦ lawful children ♦ legitimate children ♦ majority of the children ♦ mass kidnapping of children ♦ mother of many children ♦ Netherlands Federation of Centres for Unmarried Mothers and their Children ♦ not counting the children ♦ Placement of Foreign Foster Children Act ♦ poor children ♦ procreation of children ♦ quiver full of children ♦ roomful of children ♦ school for delicate children ♦ school for maladjusted children ♦ school for severely mentally retarded children ♦ small children ♦ street children ♦ the children of God ♦ the children of the Kingdom ♦ the children of the light ♦ trafficking in women and children ♦ troop of children ♦ wife and children ♦ women and children. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "CHILDREN": children-battering, children-in-law, children-in-peril, children-only, children-rearing.
	Ending with "CHILDREN": ex-children, school-children, step-children, street-children.
	Containing "CHILDREN": father-mother-children-aren't-we-normal.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: CHILDREN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
children.com hungry	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: CHILDREN

Language		Translations for "CHILDREN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pl i child. (various references)

Arabic		‏نسل (breed, generation, lineage, offspring, parentage, posterity, procreate, progeny, ravel, seed, spawn), ‏الأطفال. (various references)

Bulgarian		потомци (progeny), деца (bairn, offspring). (various references)

Chinese		童 (boy, child), 子弟 (the younger generation), 子女 (sons and daughters), 兒女 (sons and daughters), 小朋友 , 孩子 (Child). (various references)

Czech		dìti (family, kids), děti. (various references)

Danish		handel med kvinder og børn (trading in human beings, trafficking in human beings, trafficking in women and children), afbryde sin erhvervsaktivitet for at tage sig af sine børns uddannelse (to take a break from work to look after the children), autistiske boern (autistic children), børnepasningsperiode (period devoted to bringing up children), børnetillæg (children's allowance, dependent child allowance, increases in respect of children), børnetilskud (children's allowance, dependent child allowance, increases in respect of children), blyforgiftning hos boern skyldes naesten altid gentagen indtagelse af afskallet maling og puds (lead poisoning among children is almost invariably caused by repeated ingestion of chips and flakes of lead containing paint and plaster), det ufødte barns rettigheder (right of the unborn children), Europaeisk konvention om den juridiske status for boern foedt uden for aegteskab (European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock), evnesvage (mentally defective children), aandssvage (mentally defective children), Haager-konventionen af 15.april 1958 om anerkendelse og fuldbyrdelse af afgoerelser vedroerende underholdspligt over for boern (concluded at The Hague on 15 April 1958, Convention concerning the recognition and enforcement of decisions relating to maintenance obligations in respect of children), Tilskyndelses- og udvekslingsprogram for personer med ansvar for bekæmpelse af menneskehandel og seksuel udnyttelse af børn (Incentive and exchange programme for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children, STOP, Stop Trafficking of Persons), malaria hos børn (malaria in children), menneskehandel (trading in human beings, trafficking in human beings, trafficking in women and children), opbevares under lås og utilgængeligt for børn (keep locked up and out of reach of children), opbevares utilgængeligt for børn (keep out of reach of children), oplaesningssal (room for children tales, story room), psykisk udviklingshaemmede boern (mentally defective children), renlighed (bowel control in children, clean stage), S1/2 (keep locked up and out of reach of children), S2 (keep out of reach of children), svagebørnskoloni (sanatorium and homes for delicate children), højrisiko periode for fremtidige børn (period of high risk where future children are concerned). (various references)

Dutch		kinderen. (various references)

Finnish		lapsiraukat (poor children), erityiskoulu (school for handicapped children), erityisluokka (special unit for handicapped children), Ihmisillä käytävän kaupan ja lasten seksuaalisen hyväksikäytön torjunnasta vastaavien henkilöiden kannustus- ja vaihto-ohjelma (Incentive and exchange programme for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children, STOP, Stop Trafficking of Persons), ihmiskauppa (trading in human beings, trafficking in human beings, trafficking in women and children), kahtatoista vuotta vanhemmille (for children over 12 years), kodittomat lapset (deprived children, waifs and strays), apukoulu (school for retarded children), lapsirakas (fond of children), tulevien lasten kannalta korkeariskinen vaihe (period of high risk where future children are concerned), lasten heitteillepano (desertion of children, neglect), lastenhoito (care of children), lastenkasvatus (bringing up children, rearing of children, upbringing), nais-ja lapsikauppa (trading in human beings, trafficking in human beings, trafficking in women and children), sovitteluyrityksen tuloksettomuuden toteava päätös (order pendente lite regarding wife's domicile and alimony and wardship of children), syntymättömän lapsen oikeus (right of the unborn children), lapsille sallittu (for children also). (various references)

French		enfants. (various references)

German		kinder (infants, kids). (various references)

Greek		παιδιά (prank). (various references)

Hebrew		ילדים, טף (babies, small children). (various references)

Hungarian		gyerekek (chillun, kids, little ones, small fry). (various references)

Indonesian		kanak-kanak (child, toddle), anak-anak (brood). (various references)

Irish		clann (family), páistí. (various references)

Italian		bambini (babies). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		愛の結晶 (fruit of love), 子等 , 子種 (descendants), 子供達 , 子供　 (child), 子供 (child), 子宝 (the treasure that is children), 子どもたち , 子ども (child), 児童　 (juvenile), 児童 (juvenile), 児曹 , 少国民 (the rising generation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうこくみん (the rising generation), こどもたち, こども (child, small person), こら, こだから (the treasure that is children), こだね (descendants), あいのけっしょう (fruit of love), じそう (acolyte, aspect, phase, phenomenon, tense), じどう (automatic, juvenile, self-motion). (various references)

Korean		아이 (Child, Kid). (various references)

Manx		lhiennoo. (various references)

Mohawk		eksa'okonha. (various references)

Pig Latin		ildrenchay.(various references)

Portuguese		crianças. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		crianças. (various references)

Romanian		copii (issue, small fry). (various references)

Romansch		uffants. (various references)

Russian		дети (olive-branches, the little people, toddlers, young charges). (various references)

Scottish		clann (clan), muirichinn (care, family; burden). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		deca. (various references)

Sicilian		figghi. (various references)

Spanish		chicos (lads), peques, pequeños (small), nin~os, niños (babes), ni os. (various references)

Swedish		barn (baby, bairn, bantling, barn, child, infant, issue, kid). (various references)

Turkish		evlatlar (progeny), ürünler, çocuklar (issue, juvenility). (various references)

Turkmen		зaga-зuga (kids). (various references)

Welsh		plantos (little children), planta (bear children, beget children). (various references)

Xhosa		abantwana. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: CHILDREN

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	di-di-la. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	liber, liberi, liberis, libero, liberorum, liberos, liberum, nate, nati, natique, natis, nato, natorum, natos, natosque, natum, natus, orbabor, orbata, orbatus, orbem, propaginem, propagines. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bible Trace: CHILDREN

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Outoi de uioi ragouhl nacoq zare some kai moze outoi hsan uioi basemmaq gunaikoV hsau
Latin	405	Vulgate	Filii autem Rauhel Naath et Zara Semma et Meza hii filii Basemath uxoris Esau
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The sones forsothe of Rahuel, Naath, and Ara, Semma, and Mera. Thes the sones of Bathsemath, wijf of Esau.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And these are the sonnes of Reguel: Nahath Serah Samma and Misa: these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Matched Bible Translations: CHILDREN

Language	Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 13
Cebuano	Ug ang mga anak nga lalake ni Reuel mao si Nahath, si Zerach, si Samma, ug si Mizza: kini sila mao ang mga anak nga lalake ni Basemath nga asawa ni Esau.
Croatian	A ovo su sinovi Reuelovi: Nahat, Zerah, Šama i Miza. Oni su bili sinovi Ezavove žene Basemate.
Danish	Følgende var Reuels Sønner: Nahat, Zera, Sjamma og Mizza. Det var Esaus Hustru Basemats Sønner.
Dutch	En dit zijn de zonen van Rehuel: Nahath, en Zerah, Samma en Mizza; dat zijn geweest de zonen van Basmath, Ezau's huisvrouw.
Finnish	Reguelin pojat olivat nämä: Nahat ja Serah, Samma ja Missa. Ne olivat Eesaun vaimon Baasematin pojat.
French	Voici les fils de Réuel: Nahath, Zérach, Schamma et Mizza. Ce sont là les fils de Basmath, femme d`Ésaü.
German	Die Kinder aber Reguels sind diese: Nahath, Serah, Samma, Missa. Das sind die Kinder von Basmath, Esaus Weib.
Haitian Creole	Men non pitit gason Reouyèl yo: Se te Naat, Zerak, Chanma ak Miza. Sa yo se pitit pitit gason Basmat, madanm Ezaou.
Hungarian	Ezek pedig a Rehuél fiai: Nakhath, Zerakh, Sammá, Mizzá. Ezek valának Boszmáthnak, Ézsaú feleségének fiai.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka inilah anak laki-laki Rehuil, yaitu Nahat dan Zerah dan Syamma dan Mizza; maka sekalian inilah anak laki-laki Basyemat, bini Esaf itu.
Maori	Ko nga tama hoki enei a Reuere; ko Nahata, ko Heraha, ko Hamaha, ko Miha; ko nga tama enei a Pahemata wahine a Ehau.
Norwegian	Og dette var Re'uels sønner: Nahat og Serah, Samma og Missa. Dette var Esaus hustru Basmats sønner.
Portuguese	Foram estes os filhos de Reuel: Naate e Zerá, Sama e Mizá. Foram esses os filhos de Basemate, mulher de Esaú.
Rumanian	Iatq fiii lui Reuel: Nahat, Zerah, Wama wi Miza. Acewtia sknt fiii Basmatei, nevasta lui Esau. -
Spanish	Los hijos de Reuel fueron: Najat, Zéraj, Sama y Miza. Éstos fueron los hijos de Basemat, mujer de Esaú.
Swedish	Men Reguels söner voro dessa: Nahat och Sera, Samma och Missa. Dessa voro söner till Basemat, Esaus hustru.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations & Misspellings: CHILDREN

Derivations
	Words ending with "CHILDREN": brainchildren, godchildren, grandchildren, schoolchildren, stepchildren. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"CHILDREN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chaldaea, Chaldaei, chaldean, Chaldee, Chandran, Chaudrey, cheeldren, cheeldrin, childern, childre, childrens, Childrey, childrten, chilldren, chilldrens, chldren, chuldren, chyldern, clildren, Hildrew, Kellgren, kilcran, Kildray, schiltron, Ucheldre. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "CHILDREN"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "CHILDREN" (pronounced khi"ldrun)
7	kh i" l d r u n	stepchildren.
5	-l d r u n	cauldron, grandchildren, schoolchildren.
4	-d r u n	octahedron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, squadron, tetrahedron.
3	-r u n	fibrin, apron, aspirin, Baron, barren, brethren, Buran, Chevron, citron, doctrine, foreign, garron, giron, heron, intron, Marron, matron, patron, perron, saffron, siren, sovereign, sovran, Warren.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: CHILDREN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-h-i-l-n-r"
	-1 letter: eldrich.
	-2 letters: chider, chield, childe, chined, cinder, clerid, dreich, drench, enrich, herdic, hinder, inched, lichen, niched, richen.
	-3 letters: chide, chiel, child, chile, chine, cider, cline, cried, dicer, diner, hider, hired, idler, lined, liner, nicer, niche, relic, riced, riled.
	-4 letters: cedi, ceil, chid, chin, cine, cire, deil, deli, deni, dice, diel, dine, dire, dirl, elhi.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-h-i-l-n-r"
	+2 letters: chandelier, chronicled.
	+3 letters: chandeliers, chandleries, chlorinated, godchildren, hornblendic.
	+4 letters: chandeliered, cheerleading, childbearing, dechlorinate, perichondral, rescheduling, stepchildren, stickhandler, unchronicled.
	+5 letters: brainchildren, candlelighter, cephaloridine, childbearings, dechlorinated, dechlorinates, grandchildren, multibranched, prescheduling, stickhandlers, unchlorinated, underclothing.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art

9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction

13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency

17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient

21. Bible Trace
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams

25. Bibliography

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