to the people that can remember there childhood.....?

Question

were you spolied and now poor?
poor and now rich?
most popular?
naughty nut nice
ended up in jail?
people problems that really took an effect on you today?
write a quick answer about a childhood memeory that you can remember and how it effected you when you grew up .
most touching,coolest,or sweetest answer gets the points for best answer.
i just wanna compare something with other people

Answer 1

I was the youngest of 4. We were a upper middle class family. My parents did not believe in waste of any sort. So we lived like we were bordering low income. We seemed, on the outside, like a happy, healthy, family. But on the inside, my Dad suffered from major depression, and our world was full of fear. He was mentally violent, never physical, (that's how smart or crazy he was.) Our life was in comparsion to a POW camp. We were never allowed to talk about anything that went on, we lived in silence, and were taught to be very good actors outside the home . I learned how suppressing the conscious can actually end up driving a person crazy or to suicide. I lived in fear until I was in my early 30's. We were so family conditioned, that he still controlled us, even after we married and started our own families. We never spoke of love, and affection was rarely seen, (sign of weakness you know.) After my Dad died, I still lived in fear as did the rest of us. It took a long time to rebuild our life on a healthy foundation. I feel cheated that so much of my life was robbed of me. I have now come to terms with this terrible ordeal, and realize my Dad was very sick hisself, and probably it was due to a familiar life style when he grew up. Something good can come of something bad, which is how I started to get better. We lost my brother to suicide, and a niece and a sister also made attempts of sucide, so if something didn't change fast it was going to destroy the rest of us. I realized then how important mental health was. Threw out the years till now, I have read, talked, studied, been educated, learned, instilled, and live by the rule that if you don't take care of your mental physic-cee, you can't be physically healthy either. I have used all of my mental anguish, and re-cycled it and turned it into a postive and share it with anyone that, wants, needs, or asks! Whatever it takes to help another person, who is weighed down and "walking alone in the dark". When I ran across "Yahoo", it was a blessing. Not only could I possibly help others but also have the chance to vent, threw writing and keeping in touch with my own feelings. Its a win, win situation! If I have helped one person, then my life was not robbed.

Answer 2

Well I have alot of sisters, so I wasn't poor, but not rich if that makes sense. I am a college student now so technically I am poor (for those other college students who know what I'm talking about).

My memory...I was about 7 and I was on the school bus and two boys sat on either side of me and taunted me and would not let me get up. To this day, I get really uncomfortable when surrounded by guys.

Answer 3

I have a lot of siblings (almost all are older), so we did not have a lot of things that the other kids did. We all wore hand-me-downs. No one was spoiled, because there were too many of us (not that I'd give up any of my siblings for anything). There was abuse that our parents did not know about, by someone they knew.

Still, we had a better life than many other people (and I have really heard some horror stories), and were not disciplined too harshly. We learned a lot from our parents, and did well in school.

Answer 4

I came from a very poor family and was abandoned at the age of 3. I was removed from the second-floor walk in suburban Philly and was a "ward of the state". - In other words, I was sent to an orphanage where I was "farmed out" to three foster homes - only to be returned to the orphanage.

A great-aunt (my grandmother's sister) [my grandmother died from "consumption"] eventually heard about me and asked if she could take me in. She and her violent alcoholic husband raised me; living in a 36'x8' trailer.

I was awarded a Pennsylvania Senatorial Scholarship, an NCAA Football Scholarship and I am now the Vice President of an electronics firm.

A tough road, but worth the travel! - And it is why I am intolerant of those who would sooner "bit** & moan" as opposed to work.

Answer 5

well me and my 3 brothers were all poor witha single mother now 1 is in jail for drugs im married with a 7 month old and a nursing career and the other 2 are minors one has add and is going to culinary school and the other one is spoiled rotten and afraid to go to high school. were currently 20,18,17 and 14 and are from nyc but i moved to syracsue ny

Answer 6

My father worked hard and took care of his family and he taught my siblings and me the value of a dollar. In our house, my parents were the boss and us kids knew it. We were taught to respect others, abide by the laws, etc. When I was 9 years old I got hurt in an accident and had to have surgery. My father worked clear across town and beat the ambulance to the hospital. When I arrived at the hospital, my father hugged me and told me it's going to be alright, he's right here with me. Blood got on his shirt and someone told him he needs to go home and change his shirt. He told that person he will leave the hospital only when he takes me home with him. And that's exactly what he did.

Answer 7

I'm the youngest of 13 children,my folks are well off, but i wasn't spoilt my Dad made us do chores and earn our allowance.I had a pretty good childhood nothing really out of the ordinary.

Answer 8

I grew up living quite comfortably, I did all kinds of things as a child I took guitar lessons,piano lessons, sax lessons, dance classes.

Answer 9

I was spoiled and now poor, nice and now naughty.Very happy childhood. Life now kind of miserable. need to make changes.

Answer 10

My chilhood was cool. from a poor home,
learnt from chilhood never to put your trust on ppl cos they will disappoint you. i try as much as possible to put a smile on ppl face.