Childhood or Adulthood?

Started by starseed galaxy auticorn November 14th, 2015 10:16 AM
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starseed galaxy auticorn

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Imagine you had the ability to choose between childhood and adulthood... what would you choose and why?

I would have to choose childhood. The reason is because as a child, I was more carefree. I didn't worry about this or that at every given second. If I wanted to do something, I did it. You know, as long as it wasn't something I would get into trouble for. Not only that, but even now I'm still very childish offline. So, I feel more close to my childhood than adulthood because of comfort reasons too.

So, what about you? I meant to post this yesterday, but I forgot. XC

Ice

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I like being an adult. I mean, I have some great memories of playing with trains, well I have memories of playing with choo-choo's, but I wouldn't want to spend my days that way again. I like having some personal agency, and being able to cook myself, decide bedtimes myself, kiss girls myself.

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This adult thing is crazy. I don't know what do with my life and where I was once carefree, I now realize there are so many issues with the world and all of the inequalities some groups face. Zap me back to 5 any day.
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I guess I am sort of in the middle until I graduation from high school. I would prefer being an adult because I have more freedom despite having less free time. I like working independently, and living on my own, so I am actually looking forward to moving out.
When you're a kid you want nothing more than to grow up, and when you're all grown up you just want to be young again. Cruel irony is cruel.

I'm not sure I'd want to be a child in this day and age, though - everything is substantially more expensive and significantly poorer quality, Saturday morning television is absolutely awful, and the media sensationalising scandals and missing persons cases makes everything sound much worse for a kid growing up now. When I was a kid, stuff was expensive, sure, but you got your money's worth, and I was allowed to wander freely around the village and neither I nor my parents had to worry about me being molested or whatever. Education is getting screwed with mightily, too.

I find it difficult to imagine myself being that young and carefree if I were that age now. I can't say adult life has turned out exactly the way I had hoped it would, but then, being a Power Ranger, Sailor Scout AND a Pokemon Master would be pretty difficult for one person to handle, and one out of three isn't bad going.

tl;dr if I can go back to the early 90s, then absolutely. If I have to be a kid in this day and age, then probably not.
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That's a really tough one but I think I'd pick childhood.

I mean enjoy some stuff about adulthood like alcohol (I'm writing this from the pub :P) and (when working) having money to do what you want but think about it none of that mattered in the slightest back then.

I was a pretty imaginative kid I loved making up really detailed games and characters and tbh was a lot better at speaking to people. Also video games. Getting a new one was so exciting remember be so hyped for new Pokemon I could barely sleep and me and my cousins would all play together and make up own stories. I'm always happy when new games come out but you never feel the same as then.Best thing is nothing mattered, even if I had no one to play with I was still really happy making up my own games.

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Whilst I do miss my childhood, I'm surprised to say that I prefer adulthood. Sure, things are a lot more scary as an adult, compared to the carefreeness afforded by one's younger years, but I've been able to come out of my shell as it were as I left my teenage years behind me.

Imperator161

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Posted July 31st, 2020
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I'm not sure, but I'm leaning towards adulthood. Yes, the free time of childhood is great, and I miss it a ton, but I can't kid myself and claim to have been a carefree child. I was always worrying about something, and even though most adults would consider my "adult" worries today to be more legitimate and of larger concern than my "kid" worries, the fact is that both probably felt similarly emotionally important to me. Yes, kids have less responsibility, but they don't have the context to understand what that really means, nor do they have the experience to allow them to tackle bigger problems. Thus, small "kid" problems still stretch the limits of a child's worry and problem-solving skills; it's through overcoming such challenges throughout childhood that we gradually take on bigger and bigger burdens and eventually become adults. So yes, if I were to return to childhood today, with my current knowledge and mind, I would find life much simpler and more carefree, but if I had to go back with the mind I had as a kid, it wouldn't be nearly as fun. And if I were my childhood self, some things would be better (the holidays were more magical, for example, and I didn't know as much about world affairs or disasters pre-9/11), but others would drive me nuts. Alternatively if I returned to childhood with my current mental state, I think the lack of responsibility, freedom, and respect from other adults might drive me nuts.

Life as an adult is tough, and I'm fortunate to be in a position where my life is relatively stable (i.e., I'm doing fine financially and I'm on the path I need to be on to have a shot at my career goals). I can't say I enjoy it all that much, but at least I feel like I have the chance to make a meaningful contribution to society as an adult. As a kid, I always felt like I was in a phase of delayed gratification, attending year after year of school in hopes of eventually accomplishing something. I was too focused on the future (which in many ways, I still am), and now that I'm finally getting to see where that future has led. Do I dread the brutal hours and emotional toil I expect it'll take on me, and will I long for the vacations of childhood and the days when my biggest complaints were that I had an hour or two of homework over the weekend? Yes. But for once, I'm choosing my own path through life and my career, rather than just following the K-12 (and college) progression, and it's rather liberating.
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I'll have to say that I'd choose adulthood. While my early childhood was almost perfect, I really don't care to go through my teens again. When you're a child, you're dependent on another human being to take care of you and that person (or people) may not be able to do so consistently and in a healthy way. When you're an adult, you have much greater control over your well-being and you're free to be yourself without being so harshly judged by your peers. You're also able to experience and explore life to a much greater degree as an adult. Simply put, you're free as an adult.

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Child, I honestly hate being an adult lol Too much responsibilities, too many things I have to do. When I was a kid I didn't have half the worries and anxieties I have now.

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Cherrim

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Mmmm no thanks @ childhood. I do miss being able to be so carefree and I feel like I was much happier on a surface level then but... man, now that I have the relative freedom of adulthood? I can't even imagine having to go back to being a kid. I was always a kid who didn't want to grow up so it does feel weird to say I wouldn't wanna be a kid but... to me that just means I already lived my kid years to the fullest. I never wanted to grow up quickly so I don't feel like I was just waiting through them or anything. I was well aware of how good I had it when I was younger and I feel like I mad good use of that time because of that knowledge, haha.

I enjoyed my time as a kid and now it's time for me to be an adult. Or, well, a pseudo-adult since I still don't really feel like an adult, lmfao.


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