1.   An unhappy childhood has soured her view of life.

2.   He is haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood.

3.   She had an unhappy childhood in Weston-super-Mare, and was briefly sent to boarding-school in Devizes at the age of eight.

4.   Stevens had a unhappy childhood in Manchester.

5.   They find that unhappy childhoods are behind many difficulties in later life.

6.   Vince had a very unhappy childhood.

7.   Leslie had an unhappy childhood.

8.   She has suffered an extremely unhappy childhood, but simply blotted it out of her memory.

9.   Both men had unhappy childhoods.

10.   These children would be put into orphanages or into care and have a greater possibility of leading an unhappy childhood which may afflict them with mental disorders.