What did your world look like when you were a kid?

[DummyChef]

When I was little, I lived with my grandparents. Even though I wasn’t quite understanding adults’ world, I felt everyone was pretty happy and didn’t have too much stress like where we are right now. We were rich, but we were having good life without desire for new things and money. What about you?

[runningbird]

The world was pretty mysterious to me, I'm not sure what else I could say. I do remember how intense my desire was for things like toys and sugary desserts. And I remember how slowly time moved. My mom would say how young I was and I would think to myself that it felt like I'd been alive forever.

[Trezker]

I was quite ignorant about most things. Probably very busy exploring the concepts of playing.

I also didn't care about what happened out in the world. For instance I remember news on TV about the Berlin wall, somehow a vague image of that got stuck in memory even though I was happily playing on the floor and didn't give a **** about some wall being torn down. I didn't know what it was about, I thought we lived in a peaceful world.

[ssandra]

I lived mostly in my head. I was always fantasizing, play acting etc. I had trouble distinguising between my dreams and reality.
It was a nice place to be.

My parents were still these superstars who were always there for you, who knew everything and could do anything. My brother was my playmate instead of my rival. Friends were easy, and plentiful.

[LVGeneration]

Time was passing slowly. Winter was a magical season, I loved the snow, Nicolae Clause (in Romania),Santa Clause and my birthday meant lots of presents in winter. I loved summer too, it meant laziness, trips to the seaside and my grate-grandmas farm.
I loved being around animals and nature all the time, more than being around people, I loved climbing trees and running until exhaustion. My world was amagical,happy place.

[brendannz]

larger

[aggie]

a huge mixture of things....felt old in my head before my time...very serious most of the time. ocd...god that sounds pathetic!

i was nuturing at a young age...loved animals and explored nature daily...where i lived was able to do this.

in awe of the privilege of life itself.

not very much money...but accepted i couldn't have everything that everyone else had.

loner at times. misfit.

then i had spells of sheer youthful joy and wonder and play! i grew up in a time where you really HAD a childhood and did KID things....didn't want to look like brittney spears or have sex by age twelve

learned a work ethic...realized the world didn't owe me anything and you worked for what you had in life and took care of it.

definitely formed who i am good and bad, but also served me well

[Tanja]

I :
was playful and friendly.
Had a wild imagination.
wanted to become: ballet dancer, doctor, vet, flight attendant, pilot, detective, karate champion, journalist, famous writer, singer etc.
Loved winter and snow.
loved summer because I spent it with my grandmother and she let me do stuff and well...school was out.
collected: stamps, napkins, candy wrappers and buttons , and anything else I thought would be fun.

[marinik]

The people around me seemed so great and smart. I had some awesome raw models, at least I thought they were perfect, my parents, grandparents...I had a fantastic imagination. Could play with a shoe box for days. Wanted to be a balerina but couldn't figure out how to get into the TV??? Loved swimming and water in all "shapes and sizes". Went skiing and skating when I was 3 years old. My father is was a soccer coach so I had to know all sports...it was OK. No problems. I was the first beloved grandchild so I had all the privileges. Nice childhood.

[Beloved]

As a kid my world seemed very safe, we could walk down the street without worry - apart from looking both ways before crossing. We played in bushland, the only thing we were concerned about was to be off the track if we heard a motorcycle coming so we didn't get run over.

Playing outside was the best place to be, we could be whatever we wanted out there - anything from cowboys and Indians to princesses in towers waiting for rescue.

Cartoons on Saturday mornings before Breakfast.

[Snorkledorf]

My world was filled with the Oz books and Star Trek and Gamera, vanilla ice cream with random food coloring added to it, snow days spent running around, school days spent running around, swimming in the neighborhood pool all summer long, cartoons on Saturday morning and reruns after school with my face 5 inches from the screen, riding my Big Wheel singing the Speed Racer song, field trips to the local science museum, cats and guinea pigs.

Time moved glacially, I reflexively cut life into random dichotomies (I liked hot dogs, therefore [?!] I hated hamburgers even if they tasted good), The sky was big and silent and filled with sunlight, and one day I became conscious of the fact that I had no idea how big clouds were.

It's weird thinking that all of that is still inside of me...

[lifetimelearner]

since my world was filled with alcoholics and verbal altercations between family members
I would escape somehow to the great outdoors
I loved climbing trees and exploring my little world
or in the winter we used to build these snow forts and have snowball fights

when in the house I would be in my room reading or daydreaming
l loved reading and learning

or I would watch Star trek -my fave show when I was a kid