The phrase "a child is given" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the act of providing something to a child, often in a narrative or descriptive manner.
Example: "In the story, a child is given a magical gift that changes their life forever."
Alternatives: "a child receives" or "a child is presented with".
In Rwandan custom, a child is given a Christian and a Kinyarwanda name.
The marshmallow test is simple: a child is given a choice between having one marshmallow now or two marshmallows later.
A child is given little formal training, but is often admonished by his elders as to proper behaviour.
A bad experience with a certain food could lead to anxiety when a child is given something else that is new and "untrustworthy".
She explains how if a child is given a stuffed animal he or she can use their imagination to talk to it, give it a name and use a voice for it.
"If a child is given a contract, it is normally impossible to challenge that contract on the grounds that it is not fair". · Further information is available from government website direct.gov.uk; TUC-run website worksmart.org.uk; and at childrenslegalcentre.com.com
THE LAST 1 PERCENT A child was given the polio vaccine in May in Peshawar, Pakistan.
He remembers, at one of his first art lessons as a child, being given a piece of charcoal, which seemed "more serious than a pencil".
Both of my parents knew a lot about many mythologies, and I can remember as a child being given books of Greek, Roman, Norse, and American-Indian myths.
In Vienna, meanwhile, two newly discovered piano works that Mozart is said to have composed as a child were given their premieres at the beginning of this month.
Adoptive parents and adoption agencies have powerful incentives not to talk about trafficking or to question whether a child was given up voluntarily, especially given how difficult it is to know for certain.
