Things I regret as a child

Having the hindsight of middle age, I recently began reflecting on my childhood and the observations therein. This is a list of the things I regret (in no particular order). Somewhat rhetorically - why do adults do this?

1. Being told to "shut up" whenever I asked a difficult question.

2. Being told to "hurry up" for nearly every activity involving adults (unless they were drunk or preoccupied). I notice this as an adult in situations where it would be rude or inappropriate to say this to an adult.

3. Indoctrinated into respecting anyone older than me.

4. Having to go to bed at a set time, even if I wasn't tired.

5. Not being asked my opinion or it is considered irrelevant - until I left school when magically people would ask what I thought.

6. Being led to believe that authority figures should not be challenged.

7. Being led to believe that sex was bad because people didn't talk about it openly instead of being told WHY people didn't talk about it.

8. Not knowing that the times my parents were "very happy" was when they were actually drunk (more of an observation than a regret!).

9. Being nice to people who did not deserve it.

What things do you regret as a child??



Last Edited by T_C on 04/06/2010 10:58 PM