why is it that most kids like to grown up quickly?

Question

Instead of enjoying being a kid, but they like to act like adult. Like a 10 yrs old, they act like18yrs old, in fact some of them got boyfriends/girlfriends already. The country where i came from it's really different, my sister who's still 11 yrs old, she still act like a kid not someone who's good enough already like an adult, but here the kids are different. No wonder why my husband wanted our kids to grown up in my country.

Answer 1

Because our society demands that they grow up. If you listen to parents talking it always my child could do that at 2,3,4 ect. As a society we are forever trying to rush our children into things before they are ready e.g. school, getting them out of nappies so its no wonder they feel like they have to grow up quickly we have pushed them into it. I sometimes feel that childhood in this country is expected to end when they are 3.

Answer 2

Unfortunately it is a reflection of the society we live in. Little girls are the most exploited with magazines, make up and inappropriate clothing all aimed at them by advertisers. Even their dolls are sexualized what with bratz and suchlike although to be honest Barbie has never been much of a role model either although they seem to have toned her down now and almost disneyfied her.
It all comes down to money in the end. The people who push this crap onto kids know that little kids are easily influenced and love dress up but unfortunately a new sort of dress up has emerged where kids impersonate older kids 24-7. Bob Geldof had a go at the kids magazine editors in Britain not long ago saying that if an adult sat on a park bench talking to a little girl about how to kiss properly then they would be reported to the police as a pervert but for some reason it was OK when adults wrote articles in kids magazines on the same subject.
It is very disappointing because childhood should be a wonderful innocent time but we seem to be hell bent on corrupting our children these days.

Answer 3

During my studies I learnt that what makes childhood so ideal is a view from grown up age but things are harder for children then we think. First of all, everything in the house (or at least most of things) are made for adults, so for a long period children can't turn the light on, open the window etc. Secondly, there are many things that they are not allowed to do (for a very good reason of course) but they don't see it like that, they just think that parents are spoilsports.
All in all children feel very inferior (which is understandable) and very often they think:"I can't wait to grow up and do what I want when I want it."
My mother grew up in a family where everybody had to work hard. Parents went to fields and children stayed at home feeding animals, working things around the house and garden. There were times when they played but it was never enough, as it usually is, so my mother, very obedient by nature but wanting to play a lot used to think:"Once, when I grow up and get married, I won't do anything else but play all day long" :)

Answer 4

It's probably because kids don't like being told what to do. They think that when they're older that life will be easier but what they don't realize is that being an adult is much more difficult and that adults have more rules to follow and more responsibilities. Then when they become adults and make these realizations, they want to become kids again.

Answer 5

I believe that they see things in a different way. They don't realize that it is a lot more than just being a grown up. They think it is all fun and games. They don't know that stress, anxiety, and worry comes along with it. (Ha! Ha!) If they only knew!

Answer 6

I was totally different to that and i know i was the minority. mum told me the other day that when she was expecting my brother, i was 13 and i broke down in tears saying i didn't want to grow up, i just wanted to stay as a kid! gee some things have been coming back to haunt me lately!!!

Answer 7

because they want to be treated like an adult not a kid

Answer 8

unfortunately,children in this country are encouraged to grow up quickly. Television and children's magazines teach them that it is "cool" to dress and copy so called "celebrities".their parents should be encouraging them to be children and play children`s games,they have to take some responsibility.

Answer 9

because they see their mother and father going to work and think that they have fun all day long and dont do anything boring like going to school but we really do pay the bills and buy groceries and things like that so when they get there it will not be fun.

Answer 10

everybody wants what they cant have - teenagers want to be treated as adults and adults want to be treated as kids.