Do any of you wish your childhood was better than it was?

@Hannihar (129117)
Israel
February 22, 2018 10:46pm CST
I got this from what someone here said about her childhood. I wish I was not the youngest and had a brother or sister younger than me to be with. I wish I had parents that cared more about their children. I wish my grandfather would have lived a longer life so I could have gotten to know him better. So, how about you here, were you happy with your childhood the way it was or would you have liked things better?
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@just4him (303377)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Feb 18
I wish my childhood was much better than it was. Though if it were, I probably wouldn't be a writer/author, as I wrote to get away from everything bad about my childhood.
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@just4him (303377)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar It wasn't a good childhood. I did what I could to get away from it, and that meant writing.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
ok if you say so Valerie. Now, I get why you write.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@just4him It makes sense. I wish I had something I could of thinking of doing when I was young. I understand bad childhoods Valerie.
@JudyEv (323745)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Feb 18
I wouldn't want to change much although I think I could have done with having more company and learning to interact better with my peers.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
I understand Judy.
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
My childhood was great until I was 13 and lost both of my parents. Other than that, there's nothing about my childhood I'd want to change.
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
@Hannihar Yeah you've told me that already.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
Toni, that must have been hard to lose both parents.
@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@toniganzon ok Toni. I meant it then and mean it now.
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@mydanods (6514)
• Nigeria
23 Feb 18
Even if I wished to change anything, it's all gone and wishful thinking.
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@db20747 (43407)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
24 Feb 18
Can't turn back the hands of time.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@db20747 You are right Danna.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
ok Nnaemeka.
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@jstory07 (133795)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Feb 18
I had a great childhood I got to see the world and had great parents.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
I am glad Judy.
@db20747 (43407)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
24 Feb 18
Wonderful!!!
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@db20747 ok and I am glad for you Danna.
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• Eugene, Oregon
23 Feb 18
My parents separated when I was 8 months old and things were a bit a bit chaotic, lots of moving around from Texas to Florida, to Ohio and back to Texas, many schools, yet it made me able to meet new people easily since I was always the new kid. Perhaps it made me a bit of a loner as well.
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• Eugene, Oregon
24 Feb 18
@Hannihar I lived with my mother and older sisters, spent summers after age eight running wild in west Texas, little town of 2000 where my dad lived until age 15 when we moved to California.
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@db20747 (43407)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
24 Feb 18
I had a friend like that, she had hundreds of friends!!!
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
James, I am sorry. Who did you end up living with? Sorry you had to move so much. I am glad you saw the good side of it, but, also it is hard to move so much that one could become a loner.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Feb 18
My childhood wasn't great but it wasn't as bad as some had it so I am grateful for what I did have. My father was verbally and mentally abusive to my sister and I-he called us his slaves and he meant it. However, it did make me who I am today and for that I am also very grateful because I like who I am. I have vowed to be a great mother and never treat my kids the way I was treated-and I have been successful in that aspect. =)
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• Valdosta, Georgia
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar I'm sorry you didn't have children. Fur babies are wonderful too though, as you know! =)
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@LovingMyBabies Thanks Jennifer and I liked having my fur babies but would have liked to have had human children too.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
Jennifer, I understand you completely. I am glad you are proud of yourself today. I did not have a good childhood and therefore carried a lot of baggage with me and am trying to be a better person now and wanted to have children and give them what I never got and did not get the chance. So, I had furry ones instead to raise.
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@TheHorse (203755)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 18
I wish my childhood had been better.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
The Horse I totally understand that.
@cintol (11278)
• United States
23 Feb 18
I had a pretty good childhood, good parents, an older sister and younger brother, lots of friends. I don't think there would have been anything I changed
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@cintol (11278)
• United States
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar Thank you Hanni, I wish you would have had a nicer one and gotten more time with your grandfather.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
26 Feb 18
@cintol Thank you Cindy and me too on both of those.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
I am happy for you Cindy.
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@Plethos (13618)
• United States
23 Feb 18
maybe a couple things here and there, but overall it was good.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
ok PLETHOS.
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@db20747 (43407)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
24 Feb 18
Yes there are a few things I could do without, like my arc nemesis, jealous classmates, a few bad teachers, and some bullies. But that's okay I got them straight. Let's see there's a few others, a nagging grandmother, a fussing grandmother and grandfather, but overall my situation was perfect for me because I got to be free and express myself the way I wanted!!!
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@db20747 (43407)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar but I made it thru.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@db20747 I am glad you did Danna.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
If you say so Danna.
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@Icydoll (36725)
• India
23 Feb 18
There is nothing to change...I had fun in childhood and have lot of memories :)
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@db20747 (43407)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
24 Feb 18
Wonderful!!!
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
I am glad for you Icydoll.
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@Icydoll (36725)
• India
23 Feb 18
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@zearay (98)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
I wish my childhood were happy as all people mention it here. My parents are both so strict like it was a military rules inside the house I can't forget when my father used to hang me upside down while he keeps hitting me with his belt. I also blame myself because I didn't follow the house rules. We live near the beach but they didn't want us to even near. When we reach our adulthood things change. My parents are getting old and house rules also change. They are now loving and sweet to both of us. I never enjoy my childhood days. I wish I could have a time machine so I could go back time and change it.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@zearay I understand moneysaver. I am very glad I moved far away from my family.
@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
moneysaver, I am so so sorry you had to go through that horrible childhood. My father never mellowed out. I never really got to know him. He was very distant and I knew nothing about his past and what it was like where he was from. They were never warm people and if it wasn't for my granfather that I had for 14 years I do not know if I could have survived. I learned independence and survivor skills while growing up in my family. I had to. Thank you moneysaver for sharing and I know it must have been hard to write how it was for you.
@zearay (98)
• Philippines
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar they must have been some sort of reason why they did what they did. But I thank God for them. I learned to be an independent person., a good citizen of the country because of them. There are things I regret and there are things I thankful for.
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• Philippines
23 Feb 18
nice discussion... hmmmm... well... when i was younger, i had a lot of i wish like this, i wish like that in my childhood but looking at myself now, i realize that there's a reason why God gave me that situation in my childhood days. maybe a late realization but atleast God made me see clearly now.. and because of that for me i don't want to change anything in my childhood days..
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
Well put Beth.
@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@Betxie1221 You are welcome Beth.
• Philippines
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar thanks there...
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
24 Feb 18
there is no use rectifying the childhood we had.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
ok if you say so ingrid.
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@nela13 (55684)
• Portugal
23 Feb 18
I wouldn't change anything about my childhood, I was quite happy.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
I am glad you were Manuela.
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• Cuddalore, India
23 Feb 18
I like my childhood and I used to enjoy a lot.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
I am glad you did Abishek.
• United States
23 Feb 18
My childhood was different. It could have been better.
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@Hannihar (129117)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
Tamara, I will not ask how it was different because I feel that is personal and if you wanted to say you would have. I understand you when you said it could have been better. Mine also could have been better too.
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