Boyhood may refer to:
*the state or period of a male being a
boy
A boy is a young male human. The term is commonly used for a child or an adolescent. When a male human reaches adulthood, he is described as a man.
Definition, etymology, and use
According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy is ...
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''Boyhood'' (1951 film), a 1951 film by Keisuke Kinoshita
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''Boyhood'' (2014 film), a 2014 film by Richard Linklater
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''Boyhood'' (novel), an 1854 novel by Leo Tolstoy
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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life'', a 1997 book by J. M. Coetzee
See also
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Childhood
A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ...
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Girlhood (disambiguation)
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