People who tell kids that they'll miss being a kid or that they wish they could go back to being a kid are full of it. amirite?

I think the argument that everything is better when you are a child is heavily reliant on what your circumstances were when you were a child.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Idk. I had a terrible childhood by mosts standards, but I still look back on it fondly because of the innocence and childhood wonder I had.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I agree. If you loved your childhood and had great parents, I totally get wanting to be a kid again. But if your childhood sucked or you were abused then no, you definitely wouldn't want to go back to being a kid again.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That's true! I actually find that people with bad childhoods are more than likely to enjoy adulthood more than people with good childhoods. It might be that children with not so great childhoods are more exposed to the stresses of the world earlier in their life and are accustomed to it by the time they become an adult, more so than a child who grew up without any stress. That's just my guess though.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

My 22 yr old has already started on her "bucket list" enjoying life and I encourage it. She watched someone not complete their "bucket list" when she was a child.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I like your name

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Childhood is only worse than adulthood if you had authoritarian parents

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Tell me you had crappy parents without telling me you had crappy parents

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Children get to be carefree and get away with excessive time waste. When ur older u don't get to do that. I think kids should value the time they have.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

>I can do what I want, when I want and anybody that tells me I can't I can proudly tell them to go shove it up their ass. The government has entered the chat...

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I'd love to go back to the days of playing king of the hill and baseball in a field with my friends. I love being an adult but life goes by quick and before you know it you'll have more days behind you than ahead of you... and you'll miss hanging out with all of your friends, playing games, with no real worries.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

> Given that you have no children or families of your own of course You realize the people who say this to kids are usually their parents, family members… people who have kids and responsibilities and who can't just "do what they want, when they want."

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The only thing I heard about my parents' childhoods was that their teachers were abusive

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Parents shouldn't be saying this to their kids. I've only heard this from people who are in casual conversation about their children or when people who know the parents are having conversation with the kids. I also hear a lot of teachers say this, which tbf there aren't a lot of benefits being a teacher these days. Kids hear this outside of the house just as much as they would be hearing it in the house.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

On one hand I understand what you mean but on the other I never really got to be a kid. Sure I don't have to deal with abusive parents anymore, I don't have to do what anyone tells me. I can stay up late without getting in trouble for not being able to sleep. I can go out whenever I want. And while I didn't get to do all that as a kid I also had to take care of myself as a kid. It really sucks basically having to be an adult your whole life even if you didn't have the full freedoms that other adults have.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Something tells me you're a privilidged "adult". Many, many adults live paycheck to paycheck. They can't just "go out and explore the world" and do those expensive activities you just named. You're lucky you can. You're living from a naive and privileged worldview.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"I can proudly tell them to go shove it up their ass" Kinda depends on what you're talking about but I dig it to an extent.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I had an awesome childhood, but I wouldn't go back to school if you paid me. I loved every age I have been so far and only hope I'm only half way through it.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Now have kids and see how well that works out

by Anonymous 2 years ago

How old is OP?

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I'll just say late 20's

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Wait twenty more years

by Anonymous 2 years ago

If I'm saying i wanna be a kid again in 20 years That'd be called having a mid-life crisis. Something I don't plan on having.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I dunno. I kind of wish I had was a bit less responsible and had more fun during those years.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I don't think many people would go back but it is crazy seeing how much of a different freedom I had as a kid.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

High school summers with sole responsibilities being football camp, lifting, and part time lifeguarding are *really* hard to beat

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Hardest part of my life so far has been parenthood (age 35-48 so far) even though my spouse and I are semi retired. Every other part has been awesome even those years when I was so broke I had to find a roommate when renting a bachelor suite. I would say "enjoy the years where you are not responsible for someone else".

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Good times await when you are >50 or >70. Hang in! LOL

by Anonymous 2 years ago