What Do You Miss About The Childhood Years?

[Koco]

What I miss about childhood? Oh man, there is so much... I really loved my childhood, I have to say. I'd gladly experience it again.

Other than the innocence, I miss the things I found fun-- the ways I could play and pretend and have the time of my life doing so. You can't play like a child anymore now without getting disapproval or judgement in some way, so oftentimes a lot of that is kept inside. I still remember the time I felt the first pang of embarrassment from the pretend games I usually played due to growing older. Over time, I came to feel more and more ridiculous until I stopped 'playing around' in that sense altogether. No matter how much I adored these games, I still couldn't bring myself to play along in the same way I had once before. Some of the enjoyment had been taken away, and I didn't understand why-- but I assumed it had to do with age.

Don't get me wrong, we do find our own brand of great fun in adulthood, but something never quite replaces the carefree way you experienced it in childhood.

I remember on the night of my 14th birthday, the thought randomly crossed my mind that if Peter Pan existed, that day would've marked the end of any chance I'd ever have had of flying off to Neverland. It upset me on such a deep level, LOL.

 

[Heroine of Time]

For the first, I just hate that I *have* to go to school, that I *have* to get a job, that I *have* to work to get the things that I want. I miss when my parents WOULD pay for my things; they can right now but they mostly refuse to. Yeah, I don't have to pay for dinner atm (I'm 17) nor do I pay for electricity, Internet, gas or any of that. But, paying for some games really sucks when you don't HAVE a job. And working sucks regardless. :I

This. This is exactly what I was thinking.

Another thing I really, really miss was being able to get straight A's without even trying. Or... well, I did try. In fact, it's because I tried that I got straight A's. I suppose I miss the times when it was just a given that I had to complete all of my work in school before having fun. I blame eighth grade entirely. My teachers were too kind to me; they thought I was the perfect student since I never talked or anything (because I didn't have any friends XD) and I always got good grades, and thus they gave me a LOT of breaks when I felt like being lazy. And worst of all was my math class. In elementary school, math was that one subject where you ALWAYS has homework in it, every night, no matter what. But I took it online, and the teacher didn't check our homework, so instead I spent my mornings on the computer writing stuff on my Zelda blog. And even worse? She let us retake every quiz as many times as we wanted, so I just kept taking it until I understood things and got a perfect score. And it wasn't like it was hard to cheat without teacher supervision. That gave me the idea that completing homework wasn't important, and I can't remember the last time I actually sat at home finishing math problems, aside from studying for my final last year. (This year I didn't even bother doing that.)

In correspondence with that, I miss having the time to enjoy my video games. I don't get new games anymore unless I really want them, because, as Ventus said, it's hard to pay for them when you don't have a job. Last game I bought was Skyrim in July. Before that, Kid Icarus: Uprising in March. Before that, Skyward Sword in November. I've only bought two games all year. And I lost $255 paying for exams, too.

And I think I'm now addicted to procrastination. I don't remember that as a child. But seriously, I'll go out of my way to find something to do to avoid studying.

Also, on a slightly different note, I'm with the others who say "innocence", though probably in a different sense than you guys. It's so sad that now I'm so desensitized to swear words, I don't even react when others say them. I LIKED when people who said swear words all the time were the horrible, bad kids that got into tons of trouble. I was so shocked when I reached high school and all of my TEACHERS were saying those words, too. I actually complained to the principal and he kind of just brushed me off and of course never did anything about it. Now many of my closest friends say those words or make bad jokes. It used to be horrifying, and now I laugh because they'll tease me if I don't. Fortunately I don't say those words still, and I still manage to feel disgust when someone goes WAY overboard with bad words or jokes, but it's still so sad.

 

[Ventus]

Also, on a slightly different note, I'm with the others who say "innocence", though probably in a different sense than you guys. It's so sad that now I'm so desensitized to swear words, I don't even react when others say them. I LIKED when people who said swear words all the time were the horrible, bad kids that got into tons of trouble. I was so shocked when I reached high school and all of my TEACHERS were saying those words, too. I actually complained to the principle and he kind of just brushed me off and of course never did anything about it. Now many of my closest friends say those words or make bad jokes. It used to be horrifying, and now I laugh because they'll tease me if I don't. Fortunately I don't say those words still, and I still manage to feel disgust when someone goes WAY overboard with bad words or jokes, but it's still so sad.

Oh, you too? I also miss back in the days when "bad words" would basically raise the roof, with everyone looking left and right at who said it. For me, it wasn't so much that people would get in trouble, but that it was a game of thrills. We never said swear words intentionally, and in fact they'd usually burst out when we were incredibly angry (once in 3rd grade, my friend was looking in his lunch box for his apple but couldn't find it. He was visibly angry and just yelled "alright, who took my damn apple?!" which was quite hilarious).

I guess I could return to those days, simply acting as if I don't know what swear words are...but to be honest, I have become quite used to swear words and I even sputter them out...every single day at school. It's a very unhealthy habit, one that I even carried into my job over the summer, and I need to stop it if I want to be a better person. Oh, I just wish I could go back in time for that.

 

[Curmudgeon]

That's the difference between a job and a career. A job is something you do to pay the bills and hopefully have enough time to do what you like. Your career, if you picked the right one for you, is your life; it stands as the sum total of everything you have worked to achieve, and one of the things that makes life worth living. You choose it because you can't imagine yourself doing anything else. Hardly anyone loves their job. If you don't love your career, you didn't pick correctly.

Childhood was great, but it was never as good as it is now.

 

[Justac00lguy]

What Do You Miss Most About Your Childhood?

I loved being a kid everything seemed so happy, like there was no wrong in the world.....I just turned 18 a few weeks ago and it just made me feel really old

For me I just missed not having to worry what people think of you! When you were kid you could just do anything without having to be judged or be under this stereotypical image of today, you just enjoyed life for what it was without a care in the world!

 

[videogamenerd10]

I missed the freedom. When you were a younger kid, you didn't have to worry about doing things like school or work, you could just do whatever you want and be happy.

 

[sailorgirl221]

what i miss is the simplicity of it all.. all I had to worry about was collecting pokemon cards and yu-gi-oh cards and doing my own thing.. i didn't have to worry about establishing my self in a job or finding my own home or bills. lol.