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What makes a good childhood?

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  • 14-08-2013 4:01pm
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    sok2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭


    Sometimes we can get bogged down with the bad stuff and forget all the magical moments only kids can appreciate.

    What did you love about your childhood that stuck with you your whole life?


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    Boom_Bap
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    lego, lots of lego


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    #3
    The Backwards Man
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    The innocence. I was a very innocent child (still am). Love to go back to that.


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    Vinz Mesrine
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    Swinging out of trees with no concern for my own safety or the safety of the lads who would do it next.

    Everyone getting the tennis rackets out every June / July during Wimbledon.

    Every day was a different adventure, you never knew where you'd end up when you left the house in the morning.


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    princess-lala
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    Tip the can! Oh the memories :D


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    Vito Corleone
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    princess-lala wrote: »
    Tip the can! Oh the memories :D

    TIP THE CAN I FREE ALL!!!


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    padd b1975
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    Good parents and lots of other children to play with.


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    endacl
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    Soft focus and a gentle acoustic soundtrack.

    And flashbacks. Lots of flashbacks...


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    tmc86
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    long summer holidays building forts, playing football, getting into trouble etc!


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    princess-lala
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    Vito Corleone wrote: »
    TIP THE CAN I FREE ALL!!!

    Epic childhood if you remember this :D


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    FearDark
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    Staying away from priests.


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    AnonoBoy
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    Not dying is a start.


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    HurtLocker
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    Vito Corleone wrote: »
    TIP THE CAN I FREE ALL!!!

    No! I saw you first and you started saying that before you touched the can! Your out!

    A mini tribunal of 8 year olds would then commence on the technicalities of tip the can :D


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    shopaholic01
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    Freedom.

    No responsibilities, able to go 'out' with friends for hours without restriction. Parents never worried where 'out' was as long as you came home some time in the evening.


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    Christ the Redeemer
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    Fields and mountains and streams near by. Parents who don't hover.


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    1ZRed
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    I'd love that excitement you get as a child that you just don't get as an adult, no matter how good something is, it just can't reach that level when you're a child. I miss that a bit, but I had a great childhood in every way so I'm not greedy.

    I don't think I've taken too much from my childhood tbh, I suppose I have a positive outlook because of it and can see that life can't always be so crap, even if it's not all as shiny and perfect as you're brought up to believe.


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    denis160
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    52 bonkers, playing channels, swimming in the local river till we were shrivelled like prunes. Eating Patsy pops & 'who shot Jr's '. Cycling out to strawberry picking as we got older, having cycle or skate races, chasing cows in the field across the way, camping out in the garden, telling scarey Mary stories & waking up the parents at 3 to let you in! Summers seemed longer back then :)


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    Seachmall
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    A mother and a father.


    - Mitt Romney


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    Bananatop
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    Getting up bright and early at the weekend just to see what the day would bring......what optimism!

    Edit : Spending time with children is far more valuable than just giving them a game and expecting them to play with it. So spending time with a child makes for a fantastic childhood.


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    Peregrine
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    I knew my childhood was over the night I fell asleep on the couch and woke up on the couch :(


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    Mariasofia
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    Hit the kerb, lo-lo balls and hours of skipping :).


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    hfallada
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    The excitement around Christmas about Santa coming and when you find out he doesn't exist Christmas doesn't seem the same


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    --Kaiser--
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    Sword fighting with bamboos, playing hide and seek, making things out of lego and sticklebricks, going to the zoo, having dogs and cats and other pets, playing cards, going to the beach, arguing with siblings, sports competitions, football, playing video games, making treehouses....


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    The Backwards Man
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    hfallada wrote: »
    The excitement around Christmas about Santa coming and when you find out he doesn't exist Christmas doesn't seem the same

    But you still pretend gor a few years anyway, just in case.


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    HurtLocker
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    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    I knew my childhood was over the night I fell asleep on the couch and woke up on the couch :(

    Dude that's deep. Can I buy you a drink or something....


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    jimgoose
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    hfallada wrote: »
    The excitement around Christmas about Santa coming and when you find out he doesn't exist Christmas doesn't seem the same

    I wouldn't put it like that. For me, the moment I found out beyond doubt that Santy did exist, and he was me, made Christmas even better than it ever was!! ;)


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    Ilik Urgee
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    I find potato sacks best, if not an old curtain usually does the trick.


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    b318isp
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    Time to do nothing in particular.

    As a result, I cycled/read/walked/fixed stuff/played with toys/built airfix/listened to music/dossed/sat on walls/made up games/used my imaginatino. From this, I found out what I was good at and what I liked to do.

    Nowadays, many kids are almost 100% occupied with texting and social networks. They risk not discovering the world around them nor who they are.


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    jimgoose
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    b318isp wrote: »
    Time to do nothing in particular.

    As a result, I cycled/read/walked/fixed stuff/played with toys/built airfix/listened to music/dossed/sat on walls/made up games/used my imaginatino. From this, I found out what I was good at and what I liked to do.

    Nowadays, many kids are almost 100% occupied with texting and social networks. They risk not discovering the world around them nor who they are.

    Mmm aye, oh aye - sitting on walls is absolutely vital, and you just don't see it done properly anymore.


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    #30
    I Heart Internet
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    Love
    No responsibilities
    No worries about money
    Seaside
    Christmas

    To be fair, I can still have 3 of the above 5.

    Money and responsibilities though - a threat to innocence and happiness every time.

    I look at my (very young) children now and one of my main aims is to keep them innocent, worry free and fun loving for as long as I can.


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    sok2005
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    All the kids in my area used to have jumble sales where we'd sell our old tat to each other for pennies. One girl started making sandwiches and soup and selling it there, the entrepreneurial git make a fortune!


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