Were you happy with your childhood?

United States
November 12, 2010 11:36pm CST
Many people today say that they weren't happy living their childhood lives. Some say it's because their family was poor, and they didn't get to experience the everyday lives of normal kids. Others say that it was boring day in and out. I know Michael Jackson most certainly didn't enjoy his childhood. He says that he was too busy with his singing career. His dad forced him to keep singing and he couldn't ever live like a regular kid in his neighborhood. And when you don't have something and you want it really bad, you become obsessed with it. I'm not saying that you guys are. But were you happy with your childhood and what you did in it? What are some of the memories you had?
14 responses
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
13 Dec 10
nope..it is so sad. i don't want to remind it again. and i am glad that is all over
@camposkat (306)
19 Nov 10
I must say I have been blessed to have a good family wherein I have been given at least with some freedom to play and interact with our neighbors' kids. I am happy with my childhood mainly for the fact that I was not spoiled rotten nor was I beaten to a pulp that made me rebel or anything like that. I was disciplined hard but I learned why they discipline us that way, it's because they want us not to do it again. And my parents insisted on us to study hard because it will help you earn a good future for yourself when you've finished your studies. And they were true! My fondest memories are always during Christmas times and holiday outing with my family. We also celebrate and hold a small party every year for each of the family members' birthdays. :) It's a simple but fun-fllled childhood to me.
@jazeera (93)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
I had a mixture of experience during my childhood. Happy and sad, I can say that. But I enjoyed my childhood. We moved a lot and so I gained a lot of friends along the way. I was able to experience going to one school and just stayed there for a year only. I was happy because I met a lot of people who became close to my heart even up to now. I was sad because, I had to leave them behind and say goodbye when we moved, but we still keep in touch though. I got to experience what a normal child has to go through.
@bheauty (45)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
I'm pretty much satisfied with my childhood days simply because I've done the things that a child do, playing etc...And I wanna thank my parent for allowing me to enjoy my childhood days!
@chowee (517)
• Philippines
14 Nov 10
Absolutely keegan!!!!!!! i am very happy in my childhoo..i remeber when me and my friends palying native games..that was my very unforgetable moments.. being a kid is one of my favorite stages in life..hahaha lol
• China
14 Nov 10
Definitely yes!I have a lot of frieds then and we did many crazy and funny things because we are a child !It's fantastic to be a child,because everyone would spoil you!But now ,I'm still happy,I can achieve my dream and I have more private time!
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
14 Nov 10
yes, i was happy.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Nov 10
For the most part I would say that I had a happy childhood. Up until I was fourteen years old I had two parents that loved me (my father passed away at this time) and were supportive of all of the decisions that I'd made in my life. In addition to that, there were a lot of things that we were able to do as a family. My parents did everything in their power to make sure that my siblings and I were able to do more during our childhood than they'd had the opportunity to do during their own.
• United States
13 Nov 10
I liked my childhood when I was at home with my family spending time with them. I did not like my childhood when I had to go to school though. My childhood was pretty tough in school. People would make fun of me for no reason. Since my name is Kerri they called me Carrie from the movie Carrie. It upset me so much that when I got home I just wrote in my diary and locked myself in the house. I just hung out with my family and the couple of friends that I did have in the area that I lived. I would never really want to re live my childhood for the reason of being teased all the time. The only reason that I would love to re live my childhood would be to spend more time with my family and my dad that passed away about 7 years ago. I would love to have more time with him.
@junil_jk (496)
• India
13 Nov 10
i'd say most people had mixed childhoods. some are happy memories while others are sad. life's not only about the good and happy or the bad and sad. life's about everything - it's about the good, happy, bad, sad, love, hate...everything. cause without one of them we wouldn't know the other (it's like particle and anti-particle). yeah, being poor or rich is something materialistic that were endowed upon us by fate (forget about beggars, hoodlums, etc. i'm talking about normal people with normal lives). but if we think deeply and try to reason - they are not the real cause of our happiness or sadness. it's about how we were able to spend our childhood, how we made the most out of it. for me, it was mixed. my parents quarrelled a lot, my ma and my grandma were against each other and quarrelled a lot too. those are sad memories which i wish didn't happen. on the other hand, i had a good schooling where i had many unforgettable memories which will always be there till my last breath. those are happy memories. i'm glad i spent most of my childhood in boarding school since i was very young. i hated then though, but now i feel was lucky cause i did.
@chhetp1 (467)
• India
13 Nov 10
I think it varies from individual to individuals. There are expectations and peer factor which plays important part in determining the perspective of each individual. The simple fact about why some people succeed and some fail in the life is just because One who never looks back and keeps moving forward with the positive attitude. The other who always looked back in desperation tends to fail a lot. Until the recent past, I had the same way of comparing my childhood with my peers. The result always used to be poor sense of happiness and lonliness. When I decided enough is enough and now I have realized that even though I might not have had lot of luxuries, still there are things which I am sure others won't have the opportunity to experience. It is always mixed experiences at the end!!!
@warrior6 (59)
• Brazil
13 Nov 10
Yes.
@beeh13u (1038)
• Philippines
13 Nov 10
I have a bad childhood as well. There were good times but bad memories are hard to forget. It shadows the good memories I have. I can remember that me sister and I had fun. We kept on playing around the house. I am not allowed to go outside the house.
• Indonesia
13 Nov 10
Absolutely Happy. I even wanna go back to my childhoold momment. that was very..very happy. it's like that I always had a time to play and life is always easy as I wanted.