Do you miss your childhood, or are you glad it's over?

[Mortimer]

I miss my dad my grandparents and relatives who passed away it was a good time

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

The only thing that sucked was not being in control of anything, which is, obviously, understandable because you're a child.

[Petalpusher]

That sounds so nice I was online as young as I could remember, because it kept me quiet and didn't make a noise or a mess like my toys did. I was never allowed outside unsupervised, and we never once had company in the home. I didn't sleep at anyone's house, and rarely did I ever visit in the daytime. Already scarcely fed, I was taking adult dosages of adderall from 8 to 12. I was so weak and sick all the time, and being screamed at daily didn't help.

The worst part is that this is normal for zoomers. My peers tell me I should be grateful that at least I wasn't beaten or molested. This is seen as a pretty baseline zoomer childhood, and only older people (or peers who grew up outside the West) see anything wrong with it.

By the way, I promise I'm not seeking pity or attention, just wanted to offer a window into what the younger generations are carrying with them into adulthood. Maybe this can help people understand why zoomers are "like that"

I'm delighted to hear a response like yours. It sounds like something out of a beautiful old movie. For people like you to continue sharing your experiences might help us forge a better world and hold childhood to a higher standard. Thank you

It's good to hear you appear somewhat sane after all that. I think it had a lot to do with urban vs countryside life. I experienced the former a bit too in my childhood and i couldn't wait to go back to my grandparents each time. The thing is there was also no insecurity at the time there or almost none. Adults were more lenient with kids, they were just telling us to be careful if we were crossing roads and things like that but they were not worried. I could go sleep at some friends or invite some as much as i wanted they didn't have to take care of us, we always found ways to play outside even without toys. In some sense we became more responsable on our own because we had so much liberty.

The whole atmosphere was different as well, people in summer all had their gates opened late at night in villages, families going on walks, nodding silenty to people as they passed by... everything was a lot more peaceful than it is today. The social capital decreased dramatically in the last decades, which is something more recent in Europe i believe. I think it translated onto kids life too and parents being more worried and stricts on certain things while missing what really hurts you as a child, like staying home, not having your own experiences alone, and contacts with the outside world besides school and internet. It's hard to strike a good balance as parent nowadays with what is going on around but that's why i would like my kids to growup outside of city centers, i think it's bad for a lot of things, mentally, socially and even health. I know i would have been miserable there.

[Hungarian_master]

I miss my childhood very much, because my dad was still alive. I miss only him.

Your dad is dead? How many years ago did he die? Rest in peace!

[Zeno]

Something else that I forgot to add in my previous comment:

I miss my childhood because it was a lot easier to make friendships. Now it's not nearly as easy.

[Todesritter]

Glad it's over and I think it's overrated - especially high school nostalgia is a matter of people who don't do anything worthwhile with their lives. I'm happier now. Although I wish certain things had stayed simpler, and the creep of technology upon everything is not very welcomed.

[Jana]

Not at all, I love being right where I am now.

[rothaer]

I don't miss my childhood and I'm glad it's over. Not because it was bad - it was not -, but because I then was mightyless.

If a theoretically repeated childhood would correspond with respectively longer lifetime, I'd not have anything against it.

[Aspirin]

I will not say what I miss very much my childhood, but I miss the time period (particularly late 90s, early 2000s) when a big part of my childhood happened.

[Jana]

I will not say what I miss very much my childhood, but I miss the time period (particularly late 90s, early 2000s) when a big part of my childhood happened.

Same, I miss early 00s pop culture, films, music etc a lot too.