Childhood

[inlalaland]

I miss mine terribly. =/
Describe yours.

 

[imabrat]

Me too.
Meeting my best friend at 2. She hated me, I was very bossy. More friends with her older brother, but we haven't talked in like 2 years.

- Sliding down the mound on her Red Flyer wagon, crashing into a tree and getting up to go again. Always got yelled at.
- Making fun of her because she liked bugs more than Barbies.
- Riding our bikes around the neighborhood and never worrying about creeps.
- Being happy when mom came to the bus stop so we could ride our bikes home instead of walking.
- Everything store. (We'd ride our bikes and pretend everything we passed was a store and we'd get all "dressed up" with makeup, clothes, jewelry, and our bikes were limos.
- My little barbie jeep.
- Ice pops.
- Sledding at the hill at the high school.
- Going over to another friends house and spend the summer in her pool. Or hiding behind the car because we thought a kidnapper was on the loose. xD
- Exchanging presents at holidays.
- Shopping for toys!
- When all that mattered was getting pudding for snack time instead of string cheese. GAK!
- Nick's Slime Time Live after school.
- Not caring if we matched or if our hair was messy.

There's more, I just can't remember.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Not a very fun post ahead...sorry.

I don't want it back.
A lot of it had to do with severe seperation anxiety.
Let's just say, I really hate thinking about it, and there is no way I'd like to remember those memories.
And it embarasses me how I acted when I was little, and I'm afraid my child would have the same problem even though I was the first out of the family it happened to and I remember how horrible it was for me.
My parents divorced when I was too young to remember and I hardly spoke to my dad until about a year ago.

The fact that my childhood wasn't so great wasn't anyones fault, and even though I try to remember all the good things, they keep getting shattered with the bad. It was some of the worst times of my life.

All of that is different now. I thankfully grew out of it, but it took a long time.
Anyways, the only thing I'd want back is the TV shows.

 

[Axel]

It was good...except for the whole getting yelled at thing a lot.

I had good schools, good friends, good toys, movies, whatever. But it seemed no matter what, I wasn't good enough for my dad. I'm still not, apparently.

Constantly I'd get told my grades were awful when I was pulling mostly A's. I'd be yelled at for slacking on one night of homework (and how many times have you done that?). Even now, my mom and dad tell me that I'll never get into a decent college, that what I want to do is worthless.

So, no, I don't want my childhood back. Not if it's the one I've already lived.

 

[3mtn-kate]

This is going to be a long post...

I miss certain parts of it but not a lot. I miss a little of pre-school beacuse I had no baggage, no thought I just lived. For most of it anyways. You know that boy you meet and you were like "I'M GOING TO MARRY HIM!!!" yeah, that was me and my friend anthony. I seriously thought that he was absolutely perfect and I loved him to death, he was my best friend. And then this other kid Nick came into the picture and made fun of him for being best friends with a girl so anthony refused to hang out with me anymore. I haven't heard from him in 11 years.

Then I hit elementary school and was discriminated against and treated way badly by my teacher because I'm not Italian *seriously * First and Second grade was fine but then in third grade everything started to fall apart again. I had mostly guy-friends all through elementary school and it all went fine until then figured out I was a girl * * Then starting in third/fourth grade they all ditched me, no, they didn't just ditch me but they made sure that my life was as miserable as possible. Always making fun of me and taking everything I said and mocking it. I was always a teacher's pet and probably one of the better students in my class but that was really all I was, so they mocked me for that. I would routinely break down into tears in the middle of class just because I couldn't deal anymore.

That's when I decided to leave the school. I've only kept in touch with one person from my old school because she is the only person who's stayed completely true to me for 10 years and counting. I haven't heard from anybody else in nearly 5 years. I don't expect to.

Not a lot of people know about everything that happened during elementary school. None of my friends from middle school/high school know. It's not a burden anymore, I really couldn't care less if I heard from anyone. I have nothing to say to them.

So no I do not miss my childhood one bit, I'm glad to have the whole awful thing over with. I've moved on, it's all "whatever" now.

 

[Em&Em]

Mine was all good, especially that it had my dad in it who was killed when I was 10 years old. Other than that I loved all the times we as a family with Mom, Dad, and Erin(Big Sis) would go on vacations, have movie nights, go out for ice cream, hang at the park, hike the mountains together as a family. It brings back such great memories. Now it is just me and Mom in the house and we have great times together to. My sister just recently graduated college and now lives in her own apartment.

 

[m-and-m]

i didn't know my real dad. my mom and stepdad always faught. they ended up divorced after being together for 8 years. it really messed me up, so much i was in therapy for 2 years. i really don't miss it

 

[seaturtledude]

I don't miss mine at all. Not that it wasn't good, it was great! i just prefer living in the moment, ya know? It seems during the last few years I have really found myself. when i was younger i cared what the "popular kids" thought, but looking back, that was really stupid. Once you find out who your real friends are, it's all good. I really don't care what people think of my beliefs, etc., now. I love being who i am, and can't wait for high school =). 1 more day of freedom...sigh. =)

 

[wdwllamadancer]

i kind of miss mine but not too much. my dad died when i was like a couple months old but i didnt really know him. i had good toys and friends and a great education. we also went to disney alot and still do so i had a good time during my childhood.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I don't really want to look back. I could never say my childhood was something that wasn't good, but I wouldn't go back.

I just want to say I remember whenever we wnet to this friend of the families house, me and the girls would jump to the bottom of the staircase, starting slow with not far, and then from the very top of it.

 

[K-Shong99]

as far as going back to being like five years old, no.
i don't want that.

now i would pay anything to be about 12 again.
those were the best times of my life.
back then i thought my life was horrible.
i went through this whole goth thing that my mom hated.
i would ware black all the time and pretend to be depressed.
but i actually had the best friend ever and i really learned who i was at that time.
i had some crazy good times.

now that i'm 16, i think i'm more moody and depressed than i have ever been.
i don't feel happy much anymore.
i mean, i do but i don't.
it's confusing.
i still have my best friend and my parents repect me more, but i think to much and it's all just really stupid.
nevermind.

anyway, i would like to be a preteen again.
:]

 

[BandGeek911]

I was an ugly bratty child. I don't want to think back to my childhood.
I love being a teen.

I think I want to stop aging when I'm 18.

 

[Cali_Sparrow]

I was a chunky, ugly kid... I definitely don't want to go back to that. I did a lot of things but it just was hard for me to feel good about myself.

I definitely like being older but not the responsibilities that I have as a legal adult. :C

 

[Darkwing Duck]

it was fun, but being 18 is so much better.

 

[Aimbier31]

omg my childhhod was awesome i do miss it if i described everything this post would be too long. at times i want it back but i'm so excited for the future but yea those old tv shows shoudl be brought back ah i loved nickeloden!!!!

 

[pigletgirl]

I loved my childhood! I was very fortunate to have alot of opportunities to see new things, and to do things that maybe others would not be able too. I also loved it when a new sibling had arrived, and having a baby in the house. (more-so then than now)

With that being said, there were certain things that I would of liked to leave out such as:

- I was a total brat. If something didn't go my way, I always let someone know. I complained until I got what I wanted.

- I was very judgmental of others, who didn't wear 'nice' clothes. If it was Limited Too or Abercrombie, forget it. I wasnt going to be their friend. (now I look back and think, man, if I ever have a daughter, she will never have an attitude like this)

- I was a popular girl, who was invited to everything. When it came to my birthday, I was very careful to select who I wanted to come to my birthday parties.

But other than that, I've been a pretty good kid. I've changed a whole lot too. I'm glad.

 

[inlalaland]

s to everyone with not so great childhoods.

To answer my own thread,
-I always hung out with my brother and cousin. We used to pretend we were Mario, Luigi and Yoshi. I was Yoshi. xD We would run around and pretend we were trying to defeat Bowser, in a different place each time. Sometimes in their backyard, sometimes in the science center exhibits, etc. We each had our own colors, my cousin was red for Mario, I was green for Yoshi, and my brother was blue for Luigi's overalls. haha.

-I remember watching some really awesome T.V. shows. Blue's Clues, when everybody thought Blue was a GUY and he couldn't talk, only making noises like "bow-bow-bow!". xD The Big Comfy Couch, Gulla Gulla Island [who could forget that big yellow frog?], Sesame Street, Rugrats, Doug, PepperAnne, Stanley, Out of the Box and when we were older, we watched the "cool" shows, Hey Arnold, Spongebob [when it first came out], Lizzie Maguire, Even Stevens, and others that I just can't think of right now.

-Also we had awesome computer games. Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, Spy Fox, Pajama Sam, Backyard Baseball, Oregon Trail, Reader Rabbit, Fatty Bear, the list just goes on, lol. Those were some good games.

-When I met one of my best friends, Olivia, in 1st grade at the young age of six. We found out we lived on the same street and we were together every single week day. We would get off the bus, walk to her house, get a snack, then go down to my house and we would play with our Happy Family Barbies, and our Breyers. Those model horses that were supposed to be for collecting. We played with them, pretended that they were owned by our Happy Family Barbie dolls then broke out of the pasture and escaped into the wild, and they had their own houses and could talk to each other. We would play out a different story every day.

-That started our horse OBSESSED phase with my other cousin, Ashley. She had always been a horse lover, even to this day. She has 2 horses. But somehow my friend and I became obsessed. My walls were covered with posters of horses. Olivia, our other friend Grace and I would go out in the neighborhood and gallop along on our invisible horses. We found a secret trail that we would go down and pretend we were in the Saddle Club [we loved that show!]. We even made our very first movie with the old video camera, "Pony Pals" where we set up jumps and jumped over them with our "horses". That movie led to many other movies too. xD But the one thing Olivia and I wanted most was our own HORSES. Real ones. We would do anything to get one, but I guess our parents knew better and knew it was just a phase, so we never did get our horses. lol. It's amazing because my life used to revolve around horses but now I'm actually kind of afraid of them. Funny how that works. I still know a lot about them, those things just never go away.

-Back on the movie thing, my cousins and my brother and I started making a lot of our "movies". I'd say our most famous is The Weird Movie. One time we even held our own awards show.

Wow that was extremely long. xD Way longer then I intended...

Well I guess that's it for now. There's a lot more, but it's just kinda like a "you had to be there" thing xD. I'm feeling very nostalgic now, lol. I would go back in time, just for a little while if given the choice. I miss being so innocent and problem free. I still talk to my cousins, in fact I was just over there yesterday. It's not exactly how it used to be, but it never will be, and I guess that's okay. Nothing I can do about that, lol. Olivia and I hardly ever talk anymore. Not sure how that happened, I guess we just started going to different schools and kinda lost contact. We do still text a little bit, but whenever we're together it's extremely awkward.

 

[Disney.Ears]

As much fun as I had as a youngin', I wouldn't want to go back.
Being a teenager is way better.

When I turn 21, I want to stay 21 forever. xD

 

[Kairi-Angel]

I hated my childhood. When I look back to it and then back to now, I would never want to go back in time to relive it. I prefer my Teen-Hood. xD.

 

[DramaQueen]

I have sooo many amazing memories from my childhood!!! Soooo many good times playing barbies and dress up with my sister. I lived in an amazing neighbourhood with all kids around the same age so we had some CRAZY fun times!! We used to get so excited when our parents would sit out and talk really late because that meant we'd get to stay out late too.
We'd Have fireworks every Canada Day, we put on plays, circus', dance shows.
We'd make things and then try to sell them. And then spend any money we made on the ice cream truck! We'd bike to the corner store and buy tons of candy. Have picnics and sleepovers. And just have looooads of fun! I do miss that too a bit.

But I also developped severe seperation anxiety, when I was at girl guide camp once I came back and my mom had gotten into a near-deadly car accident, she was in a neck brace and in the hospital for months (over my 11th bday and mothers day) Since then I had severe separation anxiety and was never able to go camping with girl guides again.
I went to a week-long sleep away camp once and by the 2nd day I had made myself so sick worrying that my parents had to come get me.
In grade 7 & 8 it got worse, I could barely survive a day of school. And I missed out on our class trips to Ottawa and Montreal. And I couldn't even sleep over at my friends house down the street anymore.
I've since gotten over it though, my big celebration for overcoming it was a class trip to Paris in grade 10.
It was really bad though, and though it took away a big chunk of my childhood, I still had tons of fun as a kid!!