What if we had to talk about the childhood of our parents or our grandparents? Would you remember anything?
My parents' childhood experiences
My father/my mother used to ....
I don't remember anything about my parents'childhood ...
My parents never told me about how they spent their childhood.
She had to take care of ...
My grandfather married at a very young age.
My grandmother, mother, uncle and two aunts lived in a one-bedroom house.
Did you use to play hide and seek when you were a kid?
My great-grandfather was from Portugal
My ancestors were originally from Ukraine.
My father was the NAUGHTY child in the family
naughty = mischievous = badly behaved
My grandma would always complain that ...
Talking about the present, there are many kids that suffer from some kind of disorder.
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Do doctors and other medical professionals know how to diagnose kids with an order?
Here is a great example from the movie As good as it gets:
Now going back to our own childhood:
He doesn't look the competitive type/seem to be the competitive type
I used to attend school in the morning
I was very stiff (not flexible). I didn't have the moves/the "mojo"/the motion
I didn't accept losing to my older brother, although he would always win
He would defeat/beat me every time
I would take it out on my brother = I would transfer all my anger from another situation on my brother
I couldn't breathe normally
Now here is a situation we don't want to see happen to children, but is a reality for many people
Orphans
They are kept in an orphanage
Street kids beg alms = street kids implore for small change
Do you give money to beggars?
Beggars and street kids count on well-wishers, people who help others for nothing in return
What do you think: people who do volunteer work in an NGO (non-governmental organization), are guardian angels?
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