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Kids today and their imagination

Posted December 28th, 2010 at 10:49 AM by Guy
Updated July 28th, 2011 at 12:37 PM by Guy

...it lacks creativity. Don't you think?

I look back when I was around the age of five to twelve, and I was bursting with so much enthusiasm and creativity that the things I believed in and fantasized about in games, you would think I was crazy... Okay, maybe I was a little. Still, I was never bored for a minute. I was always finding something to do, something to play with and even if it was the most simplistic toy I had, I would work up a storm with it and play the wildest games to keep me occupied for that moment. Even with friends around, we would always figure out something to do and work up some kind of catastrophic day for us to enjoy. It was never a dull moment growing up when you had imagination and creativity with you.

That has changed so much over time though. I as a young adult now still use my imagination and creativity. Even when I'm hanging around an age group that's far younger than myself, I'd put myself in their shoes and work up my imagination to do things with them. Even with my own friends, I'm still pretty creative and imaginative around them.

That's something about me; I don't ever want to lose that one piece of child left in me. I don't want to grow into an adult who isn't open to every possible idea there is to grasp out there - even if it seems impossible. I just don't want to lose my inner child and become, well, somewhat boring of a person. ):

The thing with kids today though is that they want to grow up so fast they begin to lack creativity and imagination. Or at least, that's how I see a lot of the younger generations today; not all, but many. They begin to focus their mind on the bigger picture ahead, rather than what they can do now as a kid and enjoy those every day moments growing up. Not that it's a bad thing to look at the bigger picture sometimes, but when you're losing your imagination and creativity along the way so quickly, you begin to mature so much you just lose that inner child. You become a drone to your work, to life, and you become so focused and serious on what you see ahead that as a kid you're not finding the fun in the little things anymore. It's then they become to grow bored quickly. When they see a little toy car (nonelectric) they may think, "What am I going to do with that? Move it back and forth?" rather than, "With this toy car, I'll have it fly, or maybe I'll pretend it's a car with life that fights other cars!"

Heh, just a little piece of imagination there. XD

Ranting aside, I just wish a lot of the younger kids today would stop concentrating on growing up and begin using their imagination again to spend their times constructively in a creative way with whatever they wish to do for that moment. Never lose that inner child inside of you so quickly when you're still only a child. It's just sad really.
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    seeker's Avatar
    I'm creative because of technology, I'm a kid. I contradict this. I'm going to Art college because of graphic design, which I learned by being online. So it's not all technology, you know.
    Posted December 28th, 2010 at 8:10 PM by seeker seeker is offline
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    I never said all technology, and I never said all kids.

    Just saying.
    Posted December 28th, 2010 at 9:09 PM by Guy Guy is offline
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    s0nido's Avatar
    You don't have to retain your "inner child" to be creative. Just let loose~...Legally, though.
    I agree with what you say though. Kids these days have their faces in video games and the TV. It's true; I see it all the time. They know things they shouldn't know at a younger age, and their creativity dwindles. I used to be a really creative child, and I still consider myself to have a fairly large imagination.
    Posted January 19th, 2011 at 5:23 AM by s0nido s0nido is offline