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Did You Have a Good Childhood?
Posted by lotusb • 10/23/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: childhood
What made it good? What made it bad?
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Mine was ok, but could of been better. I did have very strict parents.-
Is having strict parents what made it just "ok"?
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lotusb - Correct. I probably would of had a better childhood if they hadn't of been so strict.
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I loved my childhood, I think it's because my family was so close and committed to creating adventures and traditions for me and my brother.-
Yea I think that's important. My mom used to do scavenger hunts around our house...that was also so much fun.
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My Dad made scavenger hunts too - we'd have to solve the riddles to find our easter candy. It was a blast!
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My mom wouldn't do it for Easter, but she would hand us little notes in the car on the way home from school and it would have the first clue. It alway lead to a pile of presents hidden somewhere. Little things, nothing too huge. Just big enough to make us feel special.
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My childhood was kind of idyllic. I was the baby and everyone doted on me. Plus, my mother and I were very close, and had a beautiful friendship up until the day she died. She was the sweetest, kindest, wisest person I ever met.-
It all comes down to the parents and the relationships they choose to have with their children.
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My Mother was my best friend, too. So I doubly miss her. Kudos.
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The first 9 years were reasonably happy, but after dad died mom went off her rocker, became a raving, mean-spirited, constant drunk & decided to target me for all of her rage, frustration & hatred. She tried to kill us all once in a car accident (I only realized this decades later.) She abandoned my bro & I when we were 10 or so (we found her passed out in her car in the parking lot of a liquor store not far from home after searching frantically & screaming & crying for hours.) She got into a wrestling match in the car w/her mafioso b/f once at 70mph on the Long Island Expwy; both were drunk & they were fighting over a gun. When I told her (around age 15 or 16,) that I'd been raped she didn't believe me. Same story when I had to have my appendix out (emergency surgery, but she accused me of "doing it for attention.") She openly told me she didn't love me, but she didn't have to...I could just tell. Lots of physical, mental & emotional abuse. Ahhhhhhhh, the memories. No wonder I didn't cry at her funeral. Much the same story at school (minus the drinking, attempted murder & guns.) Unfortunately the combination allowed me nowhere to escape to, ever.-
Unfortunately, NOTHING in the world protects kids from their parents -
I am so sorry you endured this. Hugs.
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I had a very good childhood. Although we were VERY poor, my parents were very loving and they always tried to meke sure me and all my sisters were happy. -
Despite my mom leaving when I was three I had a fairly good childhood. My dad did his best to raise three kids by himself. You can read more about my childhood at REAL Men RoCK blog. -
no. Long story but my parents were really strict, I didnt get my DL until I moved out, I was adopted and then they had a biological child (That is the part of the long story), I had big boobs in high school so I either got picked on or hit on constantly. I was a band geek! I was called stupid and a hoar by my mother. That is the short of it.
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yeah..it spoiled me -
Ha Ha ha ha....what is the definition of a "good childhood?"....I don't know how to answer this; I know it appeared some had much better ones! LOL -
IMO Parents are the origin of the words 'my way or the highway'. These words are re-applied to incompetent bosses and unpopular leaders
They can stilt your growth even if you are extraordinary. And they can also optimize it if you are less than average
I think less than average children receive more positive attention and the good ones get a bad deal generally speaking -
My childhood is kinda like now CONFUSIN
I keep going from one extreme to another looking to be wanted and never just belonging.-
You can turn this emotion off, just like a light switch. Just tell it to go away and refuse to ever let it in again. Refuse to be conflicted.
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We had enough to get by and we were able to enjoy a safe and happy childhood. I wouldn't change my memories. Had we had a lot of money it would never have been the same. So I am very grateful.
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