Did people disrespect you when you were a child?

I don't think adults ever really take kids seriously. I remember once when I was 4 years old my uncle said to me "You don't know what you're talking about". I found that very odd because I thought I knew exactly what I was talking about. It wasn't until I had kids of my own that I understood why he said that to me.

That happened to me quite a bit when I was younger. No one listened to me because I was just a kid and didn't know any better. I was a smart kid and really knew what was going on because I observed things and situations and knew what was going on. However, no one wanted to take me seriously because I was just a kid and couldn't possibly know anything. It was tiring. It made me feel terrible that no one wanted my opinion so I just don't talk to my family much even now being 22. I just figure it's easier to keep quiet than fight with them about things.

When I was growing up I was told I was ugly, stupid and not worthy of the roof over my head not the food I got on the table. So yes I was disrespected and felt I did not deserve respect. Now that I am almost 50 I do deserve respect and get it also.

Woah did they?? Yes they did. High time. Never considered me good enough and I like a fool then took it to heart and felt very bad. But then, like you I found the internet, where people surprisingly respect me and my views. if they have to differ, they do it with respect butt not like the people around who call you a jerk and fool and then fail to provide a better idea. There are some people on the internet like them but the good part is that you can ignore them very easily. bourne

I know how you feel I really do! I am in my 20s now and no one listens to me, I ahev given up offering my opinion,why bother talking if no one is listening?

I have not experience being disrespected by my peers or other people. I am talkative eversince i was young lol so i talk all the time even inside the class. They listen to what i say and most of them love to hear my opinion on certain topic. Maybe because im talkative so they got use to hear me talk that they no longer stop me and they just listen to me since they are bored while waiting for our teacher lol. And yes here on the net you can share your ideas without fear that nobody will listen to you. Happy mylotting!

Very few people took my ideas seriously, and my parents still have a problem with that. My husband and I are constantly reminding them where the boundaries are.

This discussion hits home for me. I am the youngest of 4 girls. In a family of 6 there seemed to always be something going on and something else that needed to be done. People used to finish my sentences, do my thinking for me, help me out with everything because it was just easier that way. I was 5 years younger than my closest sister, so basically everyone was fairly self-sufficient by the time I came along. It was just easier to do things for me than take the time to teach me to do them. That has remained the same through out life and I have not always dealt with it well. My father and I bicker now because at some point I finally had to stand up and say you don't get to think for me anymore. Funny story, we were all together at a cabin in the mountains celebrating my parents 50th wedding anniversary (grandkids, everyone) and it was the day we had scheduled to take all the point and shoot photos of all the different families with my mom and dad, etc. I walked into a room where most everyone was sitting around waiting to hear how we were going to do it and said something like "We are going to do the pictures on the back deck with Ma and Pa sitting in the rocking chairs.........." and nobody moved a finger. Then my oldest sister walked in and said basically the same thing and everyone got up and went out on the back deck. No one even noticed it but me because that is just how it has always been. I stuck around for the pictures I was expected to be in and then took off as soon as I could to go cry my eyes out on the deck of a vacant cabin. I'm so sensitive to it. I wish I wasn't.

Hello beauty queen. I had the same feeling when talking about being disrespected as a kid. But it was different when I started to work in my early twenties. I think that it is because some adults do not pay much attention to the kids' opinion till they become grown-ups, which is part of the reason. Yes? I agree that the Internet is a very nice place where net users listen to each other and give their different opinions whatever age you are. Thank you for your discussion, dear friend.

that's a good question. when i was a kid usually the adults would just tell me to shut up when i was talking about something. but when i hit 16 and they realized that i was becoming very distant from them that's when they started to care about my opinion. i makes me laugh thinking that they began to care when i leave them alone