as a child

someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. v

To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk

(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child

British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)