.....When you had to use two hands to hold a can of Coke. .....When you had to tippy toe to see the lady behind the counter. .....When car journeys consisted of "are we nearly there yet?" .....When at christmas time Santa would be at the shopping centre. .....When you could only eat half an apple before getting full up. .....When staying up till 9:00 pm was a treat. I do.......... i miss the innocence and the grace and unspoilt, uncorrupt, naieve, beautiful mind.
i don't remember anything of my childhood except letting ladybirds crawl on my hand in junior school and singing songs to myself about acorns....
I am sorry and I don't mean to put a dampner on anyone's fire or be argumentative but everyone recently has been going on about getting back to when they were a child and how much better it was then.......I am sorry but (in my own humble opinion) now is way better...Sure I have to go to work and I don't think a 10p bag of sweets is the most ace thing ever..But being an adult is way cooler...I have a lot more logical thinking and my wonder is no less now when I look at the stars than it was when I was five, it is just a different kind of wonder.....Now I get to have sex which is way way better than anything I ever did as a kid by sooo far its unbelievable.........I get to do what I want when I want, I don't have to eat crap I don't like, I don't have to get aches standing on fucking "tippytoe" to see over the counter..I get to drive a car, I get to drink beer...Now is way way better.....Everyone talks about the innocence and wonder.....The amazement I have at this whole planet, this tiny pale dot (to quote Mr Sagan) has not gone one tiny little bit, in fact as I have got older it has grown and I am wild eyed in amazement at this fantastic place for most of my waking hours......Now I know so much more and have a million more things to wonder about......As for the innocence bit, I am not sure that a good bit of old fashioned skepticism about the world isn't healthy.......Are we not mistaking naivity for innocence??? Again this is not meant to offend or put anyone down it is just my opinion.....
Hehe starfly i know ifve been thinking about that a lot lately and getting incredibly broody :S its NOT good. and koolaid im sorry but you sound like a 11 year who cant wait to be grown up and stating all the great things about being Big ..... i never said it was better being a kid, im just saying i miss a lot of the elements of being a child and no children are just as naieve as they are gullable. I too look at the wonder of the world with wide eyes HOWEVER when i go to a shopping centre at christmas.. i never see santa... or elves.... or snow and fairys.... i see a guy in a suit, plastic tacky elves and paper snow with neon bright plastic lights everywhere. ... ths point is although its still magical to watch children revel in all this... i kina wish that for one day i could again too... yes i revel in it.. but i revel in it in my own more grown up way. There are things children can do with their mind no adult can do due to personal barriers that we build as we grow.
but are you not looking at it with rose tinted glasses...... and aren't there a lot of things that we see that children don't, that more than make up for what we are supposedly missing....Good luck to children I hope they have a wonderful time being all excited and "innocent" I am sure they are loving it..I just don't miss it much..I am enjoying myself more now (and don't get me wrong I had a great childhood), I am experiencing a lot more and I am appreciating it all happening a lot more....... Hmm an 11 year old who wants to be big listing all the great things........that is an interesting statement to make....As it is 16 years since I was 11 years old I don't really know what to say...How am I meant to say what is good about being grown up without listing the things that I like...Surely it is not possible...A statement like I made I feel needs evidence to back it up, the same way you listed what was good about being a child... My point here is not to get into an argument I just think that we over simplify that children are innocent and pure and great.....I am just not sure I agree yeah kids are cool but they are just as mean and hurtful and spiteful as adults but with a different set of predjudices and there are a hell of a lot more things an adult can do that a child can't.....I just don't see the distinction....
Yeah, I miss those memories. I don't feel sad growing up, it's exciting, the world changing around you, you changing with it or against it. But innocence is special, and fleeting. I think we all need to hold on to a little bit of it, but without being naive to the realities of life....
thats EXACTLY waht i was trying to say sal I wasnt saying childhood and children are better than adult hood or the other way round.
here here but you still find some great kids who reassure you that its all gonna be ok somehow .. just look at moominmamas kids .. I love those guys has to have something to do with Peter and Sue being like they are in the first place
We weren't allowed Coke, it was too unhealthy... Yeah, I didn't like it... Yeah, that wasn't so long ago... I still do that sometimes just for fun... I remember that, but I can't remember thinking he was *really* Santa... No, but I can remember eating an apple without worrying I might die of it... Hhehehe that was grand... All in all I don't miss too many things about my childhood, as most of the stuff I remember is quite negative... A while ago I actually asked my mum if I was happy as a kid cos I really can't remember... I remember most of the kids I knew (me included) were quite evil little creatures... How sad... ~lovetulip.
there is no way i would ever want to go back to childhood, but there are some things i miss about it. the whole santa thing - i just never get that same excitement in my stomach, you know, the sort that sends shivers down your spine, on christmas eve. thats coz i know he's not going to come down the chimney any more! but as a child i remember going out in the garden when i was very very tiny and listening out for sleigh bells and truly believing he was flying across the sky. that was the magic of innocence! i think maybe the key is to find a happy half way point. i would never go back to childhood coz it would mean the loss of all the independance and freedom i have gained as and adult. i wouldnt be able to drive and live in my caravan and i would have to do as i was told all the time. that would not agree with me very much. so i try to find a balance. i still do all the things i loved as a child (running through fields, climbing trees, playing in streams, watching cartoons and blowing lots of money on sweets) but i do them in an adult world. and i dont care how stupid i look, i enjoy it. i think this is maybe why i enjoy working with children so much. i get to do all the things i did as a child that were fun, then go back to my adult world where i can do what i want when i want. i can go out and earn money and do what i like. much better. i think the only thing that you cant recapture from childhood is the innocence. it was great being innocent as a child coz you were surrounded by adults who could protect you. i dont think being that innocent as an adult when you have to take care of yourself would be very practical. peace and love stardust xxx
nothings ever as wonderful as it was wen i was a lil nipper.. i remember goin to garden centres and seein santa in his grotto, now its just a fat guy in a shed... i miss bein full of wonder at everything and not having any horrible responsibilites yay fleassy brighton kicketh much ass!
