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Why I Miss Being A Kid

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Why I Miss Being A Kid
Nicole NAhow

I love looking through old pictures from when I was little. Remembering those events often makes me feel nostalgic about my childhood. I believe it is completely normal to feel this way, but it is also important to not dwell on the past too much. Often, people say that you will always be a kid at heart. While this may be true, the physical child has grown up.

Responsibility

Let's face it, most of us would trade the responsibilities we have now with the ones we had when we were kids. Some, not all, made allowance by doing household chores. Now these "chores" have become expected daily responsibilities. As adults, we have actual jobs in order to pay for day to day living expenses. Wouldn't we all want to get paid for simply making the bed again? I think $500 would suffice.


Games

When we were younger, we managed to make up any silly game to entertain us, even if there were no toys around. I am truly grateful that electronics were not a major part of my childhood. Even though there was the gameboy and playstation, I spent most of my time away from it. I played outside the majority of the day, or made a fort with my brother doing top secret missions. Sorry, but it is still top secret. Being creative is so important for the growth of any child.

In a world of make-believe, we kept creating numerous games. I still remember some of them to this day, do you? Even at 19, I miss the games I played with my dolls. Once I reached a certain age, every time I went to play, I lost interest before I even began. This was extremely sad because I knew I was growing up and did not need my toys anymore. I feared years this before I reached that age. I never wanted to get bored of my toys because I loved them so much.

Friendships

To this day I still have my best friends that I first met when I was in pre-school and kindergarten. Sadly, it is very difficult to see one another often because of our busy schedules. When we get together for dinner every now and then, we pick up where we left off. There are some people I wish I did not drift apart from, but unfortunately this is apart of growing up. No matter how much we promise ourselves that we will never lose touch with our friends, we do. This is nobody's fault. As we grow, we get involved in different activities and have busy schedules, thus making it extremely difficult to stay in touch.

Appearance

We all went through an age where we now look back and tell our parents "why would you let me go out looking like that?" Back then, we could care less of what we looked like. I wore the strangest combinations of clothes and did not have a care in the world what it looked like. I was very comfortable, and that is all that matter to me. I wish I could do that now. Heck, I would save so much money not buying makeup or that really cute romper in Charlotte Russe. I would go back to stained t-shirts and gauchos in a second!

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