What challenges did Malala Yousafzai have during her childhood?

When she was a child, she was issuing a death threat against her.

She was born on July 12, 1997 as the eldest child of Ziauddin Yousafzai and his wife Toorpekai Yousafzai; she has two younger brothers. Her family ran a chain of schools. Her father, an educational activist, taught her Pashto, English and Urdu. Her father sensed early on that there was something special about Malala and encouraged her to think and express herself freely.