Do you miss your childhood?

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I was watching some comercials on You Tube from the 90's and the majority of the comments were "I miss my childhood" and "Bring back the 90's". You couldn't pay me to be a child again. I do not miss it one bit. I lived in a fantasy world but was abused by teachers and bullied mercislessly which made me only retreat farther into my fantasy world. As an adult, I learned how to make my fantasy world into a reality. I don't miss the 90's or my childhood at all.

I was a very unhappy child. I spent years wondering if something had happened that I had suppressed. Now I'm inclined to think it was just being alienated because I felt things differently.

hated childhood. And I love adulthood even with all its difficulties. I know someone who takes it to such an extreme that she tells everyone she is really a child and wants to be taken care of forever. And I just cannot fathom why she wants that. I would rather have all my teeth pulled with no anesthetic than go back to childhood.

Childhood to me means endless untreated pain, confusion, being abused and molested, having no rights when it came to my own medical treatment, being mandated to go to school or institutions both of which were full of bullying and abuse, and total and utter powerlessness. What's to want about that?

No, it was freaking horrible.

For the most part my childhood was ugly, harsh and difficult for me. I do have some good memories here and there. But I never want to experience that all over again.

I didn't enjoy being a child or being around other children, so no. I'm happy leaving it where it is. No going back.

Only if I could look over a 'scenes' menu and pick and choose moments to revisit. I'd also be interested in going back as my present self and observing my own younger self's behavior and reactions to people and events. I'd be interested to see how actual events match up to my memories.

Hell, I've got nothing better to do. I could wander around in the past endlessly, just looking around. I actually do kind of miss the 60s and parts of the 70s. Parts of the 80s were the closest thing to a normal life I think I ever had. However much trauma I may have forgotten, none of it could be any more stressful or depressing than the present. Well, some of it could, but at least I know there are good parts back there. I don't see any on the horizon here.

I don't know.

I live my life "as a child's" I am told.

I still play and have my toys and I don't
do any "adult" things I am told.

Buy who says I have to be this or that
way?

It isn't going to happen, I am staying
this way.

I can't say I miss it. Some years were better than others, though, and fairly good but not enough to miss.
Some people I've known miss their childhood a lot and more power to them but I like the freedom and control of being an adult much better.

Sometimes. I was young, I had no worries about getting old. My clothes were cooler. I had no bills to pay or had to pay for anything. I didn't have to work.

But I wouldn't want to go back to be a child. Being limited what you can do, not being able to buy what you want, having to hear the word "no" being told what to do. Getting grounded, having your stuff taken by your mother and losing privileges, you have less freedom. But sometimes I wish I could go back where I didn't have to work or pay bills and I lived in a house then because my parents paid for it. I wish I was a teen again. I had more freedom then.

You forgot the "sometimes" option and "I wish I was a teen."

I miss being a kid. I miss playing hide and seek. It was so much fun.

I was an oblivious and predominately mute child. I miss those days. Talking sucks. I haven't got the proper motor skills to move my mouth muscles properly and my brain is just too fast for it.
I never once was embarrassed or ashamed about what came out of my mouth.

This all depends on what you mean by "childhood".

I remember with great fondness my life between the ages of 2-6 or so. By 2nd grade or so the bullying began and teachers started thinking I was a "mental case" because I just wanted to sit in a corner and sing to myself. They pressured me to "get along" with my "friends". Thus most of my school-aged years were hell, but I would love to be toddler again rolling around on the carpet all day, playing legos and watching cartoons.

The thing I miss the most about being a child was being innocent and believing that, deep down inside, everyone was a good person. I hate the fact that I got wiser and more jaded.

Of course, I also miss things like the cartoons (90s were a great decade for animation), my stuffed animal collection and especially my former best friend.

Best parts of being a child:
°being free range to go anywhere since 7 years old and believing I was smart enough to go anywhere.
°Catching frogs, playing in the woods, getting my shoes wet, falling through thin ice in the winters
°Playing with legos
°biking and going places
°Getting over a fear of the ocean and learning to SCUBA.
°Summer breaks

What I don't miss:
°Parents
°schoolmates calling me a fag (i'm not)
°School, home 'busy' work, lunchroom cafeteria and sitting alone, feeling stupid
°being poor
°Did i mention school, Mr. Mecurio kicking my desk in 5th grade. (Jerk , I have an MBA and I can use Excel better than you can teach math!)

What I can do to make being a grownup better:
°Limit responsibilities to what you are good at
°Get outside more
°Hike the appalacian trail at some point
°Live near the ocean again
°Figure out if my Mom is an Aspie
°Play legos with my son