an old man going through his 'second childhood'
I remember this place from (my) 'childhood'.
diseases that can occur in 'childhood'
(..) I'm afraid, Bruno, in life, we often have to do things we don't want to do. The important thing is your mother does not feel that this is an appropriate place for you to be spending your childhood, and the more I think about it, the more I realise she's very probably right. - But, Dad... - No! (..)2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas